Dear All,
The items listed below have been donated by our members to be
shared. If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please email me
PRIVATELY at <ds429@comcast.net>. Include "BX 213" in the subject line.
Specify the NUMBERS of the items which you would like; do not specify
quantities. It is a good idea to include your snail mail address, too, in
case I don't already have it. Availability is based on a first come, first
served system. When you receive your seeds/bulbs you will find, included
with them, a statement of how much money (usually $2.00/item) (cash, check,
or Pay Pal to <Arnold@NJ.rr.com>; no money orders, please) you should send
the PBS treasurer to defray our costs for packing and first-class,
priority-mail, or international postage.
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If you would like to donate seeds or bulbs/corms to the
PBS,(Donors will receive credit on the BX for the cost of postage for their
donations.), please send CLEAN, clearly labeled plant materials to:
Dell Sherk
6832 Phillips Mill Rd.
New Hope, PA, 18938
USA
Non US donors should contact me for instructions before sending seeds.
From Dell Sherk:
1. Seeds of ??? Ten years ago, I acquired seed from two experienced bulb
growers, the late Jack Elliot and a gentleman from British Columbia whose
name is lost to me now. One of the seed names was Paradisea liliastrum and
the other was Anthericum liliago, but I don't know which is which anymore.
Both have survived and bloomed dependably in my garden for many years. One
has bloom stalks 3 ft/1 m tall and has outward facing white flowers in May.
The other has much shorter leaves and bloom stalks (2 ft) and also blooms
in May. The flowers on the second one are a little smaller and don't face
straight out (can't remember if they tilt up or down.) Neither plant has
any detectable fragrance to me. These are seeds of the taller one.
From Justin Smith:
2. Seed of Erythrina herbacea (these need to be scarified to germinate well)
3. Seed of Alophia drummondii
4. Seed of Herbertia lahue
From Monica Swartz:
5. Small bulbs of Bowiea volubilis
From Roy Sachs:
6. Seed of Alstroemeria hybrids
From Mike Mace: BULBS ("Quantities are small on many of these...")
7. Allium unifolium
8. Chasmanthe aethopica
9. Colchicum agrippinum (small offsets)
10. Crocus zonatus
11. Dichelostemma volubile
12. Ferraria crispa (undulata)
13. Ixia flexuosa
14. Ixia paniculata
15. Ixia 'Venus' (bright magenta)
16. Lachenalia arbuthnotiae
17. Lachenalia mutabilis
18. Lachenalia pustulata
19. Lachenalia rosea
20. Lachenalia rubida
21. Lachenalia viridiflora
22. Moraea bellendenii
23. Triteleia hyacinthina
24. Tritonia 'Night Dancer' (a very nice dark scarlet form, smallish
trumpet-shaped flowers)
25. Tulipa clusiana
Thank you, Justin, Monica, Roy, and Mike !!
Best wishes,
Dell
Dell Sherk, PBS BX