Wow Lee, now you even have me interested in these! But then again...I'm an Oxalis kind of guy! I'd trade something with you! On 1/8/05 9:45 PM, "Lee Poulsen" <wpoulsen@pacbell.net> wrote: > Wow. You're serious. I could send you some no charge as I have still > not been able to eradicate it from all my pots. However, it will be > impossible to send a *few* small bulblets. It would have to be a *lot* > of small bulblets because that's the only way they come. I also didn't > know they had a wonderful fragrance as I always snap off any bud I see > because one of its many noxious ways of spreading is through rapid > production and release of multiple seeds from any flower I happen to > miss. I also have to wait until the plant in any pot which it gets into > is dormant because the only sure way to get rid of it from a pot is to > unpot the dormant bulb (that belongs in the pot) and throw away all the > soil in the pot making sure none of it drops out anywhere on the way to > the trash can since there will probably be at least one bulblet that > escapes as well, and that is all it takes to make a new source of > trouble. I mark where one shows up during its growing season with a red > plant label on which I write 'devil'. (I'm not kidding...) For me these > are the cockroaches of the bulb world. > > --Lee Poulsen > Pasadena area, California, USDA Zone 9-10 > > On Jan 8, 2005, at 10:17 AM, Corey Thompson wrote: >> >> Hey all: >> >> Would anyone happen to know a source for Nothoscordum >> inodorum (ssp. inodorum and/or ssp. nocturnum) or have >> a few small bulblets they would be willing to sell? I >> understand this is a noxious, invasive pest but I am >> interested in cultivating a few in a pot in cold >> Chicago, Illinois (where it is not hardy) for the sake >> of the wonderful fragrance I keep hearing about. >> Please let me know. >> >> Thanks, >> Corey >> in Chicago, Illinois >> > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php