Nothoscordum dialystemon help

Lee Poulsen wpoulsen@pacbell.net
Thu, 21 Feb 2019 21:32:26 PST
I’ll just throw in my experience growing it in mediterranean southern California. It kind of grows and multiplies like a weed just by letting it get our winter rainfall and cool temperatures and endure its dormancy during our dry summers—even though it comes from the east coast of the southern half of South America and gets summer rainfall. I have to grow them in 2 or 5 gallon (20cm or 30 cm diameter) pots because they too quickly fill and crowd a 1 gallon (16cm) pot. The more I feed them, the better they grow and bloom. But they bloom every late winter; some years the entire pot is covered with yellow blossoms. I leave them out in full sun all winter long. (The leaves first emerge in late autumn.) They smell like honey to me. They sure act like they’re mediterranean climate plants even though they’re not.

--Lee Poulsen
Pasadena, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a
Latitude 34°N, Altitude 1150 ft/350 m

> On Feb 18, 2019, at 9:36 AM, Jose <arlen.jose@verizon.net> wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> 
> 
> I have had this little bulb growing in pots in a sandy loam mix for years
> and it grows well.but no flowers. Can anyone tell me how to get them to
> flower? Do they need a dry/cold/resting period to initiate flowering? Any
> help would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
> Fred Biasella
> 
> Cambridge (Boston) MA 
> 
> USDA Zone 6b Maritime
> 

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