I have 6 or more in my Berkeley area garden. They are multiplying a bit too fast. All bloomed this year and blooming finished about a month ago. The leaves are now dying back. Paul On Sat, Jun 9, 2018 at 7:44 PM, Nathan Lange <plantsman@comcast.net> wrote: > > All the Drimia maritima that I've seen in Northern California usually > flower no earlier than July with plants in cooler locations closer to the > coast flowering as late as late September. The description of "bulbinella" > type flowers inflorescences in June suggests the much earlier flowering > Eremurus, although these don't fit the "grapefuit-sized" bulb description. > > Nathan > > > At 03:09 PM 6/9/2018, you wrote: > >> I clicked a photo of an absolutely stunning cluster of six-foot tall >> blooming beauties this morning at the corner NE 28th and Siskiyou in >> Portland. The homeowner happened to be outside, and was happy to tell me >> about how he purchased one grapefruit-sized bulb several years ago and >> planted it, and how it's been multiplying ever since. He said he couldn't >> remember what it was called. I was thinking bulbinella, but that genus is >> rhizomatous and probably can't survive in this climate anyway. >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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/…