spring flowers

Kathleen Sayce kathleen.sayce@gmail.com
Sun, 31 Mar 2019 14:10:51 PDT
The Pacific Northwest has been drier than California for the past couple of weeks, and bulbs are coming on strong. 

High elevation-sourced Erythronium revolutum patches are flowering. Still to come are low elevation patches. E. oreganum is budding. E. tuolumense is budding. E. helenae has fading flowers. 
Trillium ovatum is flowering—all selections, and T. kuribayashi has colored buds. 
Cyclamen coum is still flowering—which makes it about 6 months since the first flowers appeared. 

More exciting this spring is the new dry bed, upslope on an east-facing dune, very sunny, very warm and dry in summer. Last year I moved Bulbinella, Iris magnifica and Eriogonum to this bed. All but the last appear to be doing well. The seed-grown Amaryllis belladonna bulbs were moved here too, and are also looking good. 

First report on the late-shipped, sprouting and drying bulbs from a big bulb supplier (VE) is mixed. About 50-70% of early bulbs have come up, mostly Narcissus.  It could be that in coming years the bulbs in poorest shape may grow to flowering size, too early yet to say. 

A mariposa lily, Calochortus unifolius, from Telos Rare Bulbs is thriving and flowering; until last year, it lived in the cold frame in winter. This year it was outside under an eave to cut the rain. It has more flowers than ever. My intent is to make a deep hypertufa pot for it soon. 

The rain lilies are also thriving outside with some rain protection and serious vole protection (hardware cloth all around). 

Cheers
Kathleen
Pacific NW coast
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