Pancratium maritimum

gentiaan bulborum bulborum@gmail.com
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:03:37 PST
As the name says maritimum

it grows les as 200 meter from the seashore in dune-sand
about 25 / 35 cm deep
and therefore a few times a year a spray with seawater otherwise they don't
flower
drainage is very important bulbs are not hardy at all

Roland

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2010/3/8 Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com>

> Last fall I planted five bulbs of Pancratium maritimum from a commercial
> source in one of my cold frames. These bulbs were not exactly planted in
> the
> usual sense. I simply put the bulbs on the surface of the cold frame soil
> with the bases of the bulbs slightly buried. Most of the bulb is exposed.
> The bulbs rooted quickly but have otherwise shown no sign of life (i.e. no
> foliage). I'll report on their progress or lack of progress later this
> year.
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> I tried this species several years ago; bulbs were planted into the soil of
> the same cold frame but not watered. Within a year the bulbs had either
> disappeared or shriveled down to almost nothing. This surprised me - I
> wrongly assumed that this species would need little water.
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> In the past I've also grown P. illyricum as a pot plant, putting it outside
> during the summer and bringing it in during the winter. Several years
> passed
> without seeing the plant bloom,  and it was eventually discarded.
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> I also planted five seeds of P. maritimum last November – but nothing has
> happened there yet.
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> I too would like to hear from anyone growing these species.
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