I also have a good size colony of Erythronium revolutum. I recently removed a good stand of Oxalis oregana that had been coexisting with the erythronium for years for other reasons. If I remember correctly they just popped up through it each spring. (The Erythronium was well established the spread of the Oxalis and come to to think of it was already up when the oxalis was leafing out.) Louise Seattle On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 12:27 PM, <linny@cruzio.com> wrote: > > > > Jane, I'm laughing! Thank you. > > Lin Eucalyptus > > Aptos, CA, where, if we're very lucky, it might rain again this year > > > > > Diane's note is a warning not to let Anemone nemorosa overtop > delicate > > > bulbs. Yet it also is a testament to the ability of bulbous plants > to > > > recover. > > > > > > Demise was the wrong word. Unlike the notorious parrot, these > > > erythroniums weren't dead, they were resting. > > > > > > Jane McGary > > > > > > Portland, Oregon, USA > > > > > > > > > On 4/9/2018 6:35 PM, Diane Whitehead wrote: > > >> About 40 years ago I planted two Erythronium revolutum. Despite > my > > >> sending seeds to several seed exchanges > > >> each year, they managed to seed themselves so that I had > hundreds, and > > >> their pink flowers were one of > > >> the joys of spring every year. Till last year. I couldn't see > any. > > >> Had the deer eaten all the flowers? But there > > >> weren't any leaves, either. > > >> > > >> Then I noticed Anemone nemorosa leaves along the whole border. > This is > > >> a wild form with incredibly long > > >> twiggy rhizomes, not the short-rhizomed named forms. It had been > way > > >> down at one end of the bed, and > > >> while I wasn't paying attention it had zoomed over the > Erythronium > > >> territory where its intertwined rhizomes > > >> had completely blocked Erythronium access to the sky.. I began > digging > > >> it out, and bucket loads went > > >> into the garbage. I cleared about a quarter of the area. > > >> > > >> Today there are ten wan-looking flowers and lots of single leaves > in the > > >> cleared area. I started clearing > > >> again. It is going to take a couple of years for them to get > their > > >> strength back. > > >> > > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…