Continuing the conversation on Drimia... we are cut flower growers so I'm particularly interested in how these spikes perform once they have been harvested. Do you have info about how long their vase life is, assuming they are cut when the florets at the bottom of the column begins to open? Thanks, Lisa On Sat, Nov 23, 2019 at 5:47 AM Jane Sargent <jane@deskhenge.com> wrote: > I wish Drimia would grow here in Massachusetts, but it won't, so I grow > Actaea racemosa, bugbane, instead. It makes quite a similar garden > statement, 7 feet high, lots of long white feathery wands that last a > long time. It isn't a bulb, but it has large impressive roots, giving it > the name snakeroot. It has lots of other names, bugbane, cohosh, etc. I > suppose we could call it False Drimia. it grows happily here in zone 5 > and even zone 4. Grows in shade, grows in sun, self-seeds, grows in good > soil and crummy soil. I never water it, fertilize it, or spray it. It is > meant to repel bedbugs, and perhaps it does, as we don't have any. Wish > it would repel politicians and robo-calls. > > Drimia has certain advantages. It is a potent rat poison (cardiac > glycosides,) and if you hang it in your doorway, it repels evil spirits. > Unclear whether False Drimia would do the same thing. > > Jane Sargent > > _______________________________________________ > 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/…