Hello Fred (and PBS fans), Perhaps you missed my posting on May 1st entitled "Sowing seed in situ + spring bulbs", where I talk about Gagea fibrosa that I've grown and flowered at least for 2 years in Zone 5 near the New Hampshire border. Here's what I wrote about Gagea, and it includes a link to a photo taken a couple weeks back. It's a charming plant. Done blooming last week, is one of the many Gagea species, a genus of small, mostly yellow-flowered bulbs, closely allied to Tulipa. Here is a flowering plant of Gagea fibrosa, obtained from Jane McGary's fine specialty bulb list. An overlooked genus, cute little plants a few inches tall. http://plantbuzz.com/buzz/Gagea_fibrosa_2008a.jpg/ Mark McDonough antennaria@charter.net north-western Massachusetts, near the New Hampsire border USDA Zone 5 ============================= > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 7 May 2008 14:45:29 -0400 > From: "Fred Biasella" <fbiasella@watertownsavings.com> > Subject: [pbs] FW: Gagea > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Message-ID: <002101c8b072$85ace500$55a7f10a@wsbmain.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > Hello All, > > > > I've been following the thread about what people grow in their gardens and > this little plant caught my eye. Does anyone know where to find these little > lovelies? I have been searching on the web, but no luck. Does anyone else > grow them in colder (zone 5 & 6) climates? > > > > Warm Regards, > > Fred Biasella > > Cambridge (Boston) MA > > USDA Zone 6b
