Hi Jan, I'd love packets of your three west coast offerings, T. albidum, T. kurabayashii, and T. hybrid backcross. Sure hope to heck I've maintained my PBS membership, as it's been a few years since I've ordered seed. Thanks! Ellen Watrous 3334 NW Covey Run Corvallis, OR. 97330 On Thu, Jul 27, 2023, 6:20 PM Jan Jeddeloh via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > This seed exchange is first come, first served. It closes July 30 at 5 pm > Pacific Daylight Time. > > This is a special pop-up mini seed exchange for trillium seeds and a > couple of other species. Unlike the regular seed exchanges this one will > be first come, first served. Orders will be numbered in the order they > come in so don’t dilly-dally. All these seeds, except the Arisaema flavum, > will need to be sown immediately. DO NOT ALLOW THEM TO DRY OUT. They will > all be shipped moist in plastic bags. > > As with other seed exchanges the top of your order must have your postal > address with your email below (in case I have questions later). If I have > to chase you down for this information your order automatically goes to the > bottom of the stack. > > Seeds will be $2 per packet with a minimum of 5 seeds per packet. Order > by the name in bold. In most cases there will be at least 10 seeds but if > there is high demand you may only get 5 seeds per packet. Shipping will be > $4 domestic, international shipping at cost. Send your orders to > seedyjan1@gmail.com. > > Donated by Charles Hunter > > Here is some information from Charles regarding the hardiness of southern > trillium: > “Hardiness is mostly related to late freezes for plants that are very > early. Trillums do have antifreeze, but a few from north FL ( decipiens and > north FL lancifolium) are so early that folks in northern states and Canada > will find that they will emerge and bloom before hard freezes. Since they > all grow fine outside for me in my 7b north Georgia garden, I do not have a > reason to know how far north they can be grown outside. But Fred Case > (author of the book " Trillums") stated in his book that decipiens and > early underwoodii were not good outdoors in his Michigan garden due to > repeated hard freezes after they emerge. Note that the Alabama piedmont > underwoodii seeds I sent you are later to emerge and bloom and might do Ok > in most northern gardens. The underwoodii found in north Florida and > adjacent SW Georgia is VERY early, but I did not get seeds from those this > year.” > Trillium cuneatum > Trillium decipiens. Very early, should be a pot plant in colder climates. > Trillium flexipes. Southern form NE Alabama. Heat tolerant. > Trillium foetidissimum. Native to eastern Louisiana and southwest > Mississippi. > Trillium lancifolium. Very early north Florida form. Should be a pot > plant in colder climates. > Trillium oostingii. South Carolina. Mostly yellow-green flowers with a > few dark purple. Rare form > Trillium pusillum > Trillium underwoodii. Later Alabama Piedmost form. Better for colder > climates. > > I have fairly low quantities of these southeastern trilliums so early bird > gets the worm. > > Donated by me, Jan Jeddeloh. > Trillium albidum. Hand pollinated. Pod parent is a particularly nice form. > Trillium kurabayashii > Trillium (kurabayashii x albidum) X albidum. The pod parent is a mid-pink > with nice wide petals. It is a cross I made some years ago. I made this > cross to try to get a pale pink. I’ve planted a fair bit of the seed > myself. > > I have fairly large quantities of these trilliums. Let me know about how > many seeds you would like but if you’re really greedy, and I have the seed, > I may charge you an extra $2 for a generous packet. > > Fellow shade travelers. > Amorphophallus kiusianus > Arisaema flavum This is left over from SX13 but it’s a nice shade plant > that deserves some love. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…