As I was replanting this morning I noticed these two subspecies differ slightly in their appearance: deeper color, fewer root bumps and more sprouting in the ssp. vincenti. It could be due to having grown in different boxes, one receiving more light (the H. mauritanica ssp. mauritanica from PBS BX 296#17) or having been stored 2 weeks longer (the ssp. vincentii from Illahaei). These slight differences I would have overlooked if not seen together. This coming season I will be able to observe them in adjacent plantings. Both thrive in my garden and increased these past 5 years despite neglect. The ones from the BX were tiny originally in 2011 and when dug this year comprised more than 50% of the soil! The ones from Illahae increased from just 2 to 17. I see from the pbs wiki that these are Hyacinthoides now, not Scilla, so I will have to make new labels. Gastil Santa Barbara, California -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: IMG_5556.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 1088978 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
