That's probably Peter Mcrohan. Tall guy with a mustache and usually wearing a cowboy hat. He grows them in Murietta. They are dry grown and its hot as Hades in Murietta this time of year. VERY drought tolerant bulbs! On Sep 8, 2013, at 9:06 AM, Cynthia Mueller <cynthiasbulbs@hotmail.com> wrote: > The video about these squills is on the easytogrow website, probably inside the text description. Don't remember the grower's name offhand, but he introduces himself in the video. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 8, 2013, at 9:52 AM, "Nan Sterman" <TalkingPoints@PlantSoup.Com> wrote: > >> I am sure that these are the easytogrowbulb Urgineas. That is one of their markets. >> >> They are grown in Murietta California which is hot and dry!!! In fact, they are grown without any irrigation. I wrote a story about them for the San Diego newspaper last year (one of several I've written on the topic). You can see it here http://utsandiego.com/news/2012/… >> >> Cynthia, where did you see a video? >> >> Nan >> >> >> On Sep 8, 2013, at 3:35 AM, Cynthia Mueller <cynthiasbulbs@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Wonder if these are more of the ones advertised by easytogrowbulbs.com? A white variety grown in California originally for the cutflower trade? There's a little associated video on the website, and the soil does seem to be as sandy as the beach would be. If only they had blue flowers....-Cynthia Mueller >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Sep 8, 2013, at 12:49 AM, "Kipp McMichael" <kimcmich@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Greetings, >>>> FYI: Home Depot in the Bay Area is selling 9-10" diameter Urginea maritima bulbs for $16. >>>> -|<ipp >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> pbs mailing list >>>> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pbs mailing list >>> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >>> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >> >> >> >> ***************************************** >> Nan Sterman, Plant Soup, Inc TM >> Garden Journalist • Speaker >> Gardening Coach • Garden Designer • Horticulture Consultant >> >> Host of A Growing Passion on KPBS telelvision in San Diego and online at http://video.kpbs.org/program/growing-passion/ >> >> Phone 760 634-2902 >> Mail PO Box 231034, Encinitas, CA 92023 >> Web http://www.plantsoup.com/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/