Bloom recently started; 7/12 clumps in one area and 5/12 in another have pushed spikes. This is going to be a fairly good year; they don't bloom reliably for me. We had late rain through May, and a much cooler spring and early summer than usual. Leo Martin Phoenix Arizona USA Sent from ProtonMail mobile -------- Original Message -------- On Sep 16, 2019, 05:00, wrote: > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > Today's Topics: > > 1. Behria tenuiflora flowering...finally (Nicholas plummer) > 2. Re: Source of Freesia bulbs or seeds (Paul Flowers) > 3. An Eruption of Galanthus Bulbs (Judy Glattstein) > 4. Re: An Eruption of Galanthus Bulbs (Hansen Nursery) > Back in April, I asked for advice on a Behria tenuiflora corm that hadn't > broken dormancy for more than two years. No one had any suggestions, but > the plant decided to grow and bloom anyway. What a fantastic little flower! > > Photo and some speculation on what might have induced it to break dormancy: > https://sweetgumandpines.wordpress.com/ > > Regards > Nick Plummer > North Carolina, USA, Zone 7 (Where it still feels like July, but the > Lycoris are finishing their flowering season and Colchicums are getting > started) > > It looks like they have run out for this year but it might be worth > contacting them for next summer > > http://rvroger.co.uk/index.php/… > > So today I was hauling yet another tub of last autumn's leaves into the > woods to throw onto the brush pile where I intended to relocate the > hatchling box turtles (except I think they hatched yesterday and > scuttled off on their own.) As I was coming back out of the woods I saw > all these small round white objects lounging around on the soil surface. > Masses of them, in several colonies. Some so thick I could not see the > soil. All of them fully exposed. Of course I could not leave them to the > vagaries of time and the weather. I suppose I could have just dumped > some dirt, (excuse me, soil, let's be upper class) over them. But if > they were so crowded they were erupting into the light of day maybe they > were looking for new situations. > > So I scrabbled with my fingers, lifted them all, and now have to figure > where I am going to plant them all. As you can see from the attached > image, there are many, many snowdrop bulbs. Because the only thing I can > think of that was in that general area last spring were galanthus. > > Has this happened to anyone else? > > Judy in New Jersey > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: BelleWood in Bloom_2019-09_salvaged galanthus bulbs.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 162836 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> > <As I was coming back out of the woods I saw > <all these small round white objects lounging around on the soil surface. > <Masses of them, in several colonies. Some so thick I could not see the > <soil. All of them fully exposed. Of course I could not leave them to the > <vagaries of time and the weather > > <Has this happened to anyone else? > > Yes, masses of bulbs, mostly muscari I think, no dirt (soil) allowed in > piles in a brick planter that's about 20 feet long across the front of my > new house. Obviously untouched for years. I'm digging them out with the > idea that I'll plant bulbs of my own preference. I can't imagine how many > years it has taken to develop into these mounds... I suppose people will > cringe when I say I've tossed them in the garbage but the whole property has > extensive mounds of bulbs and that's not counting the patches of hybrid iris > and crocosmia. They seem to be all one color as are the tons of herbaceous > peonies - all double-flowered and maroon with no scent. > > Pouring buckets of cats and dogs in southwestern Oregon, > > I know my may way to the county dump and I have just the right-size truck > for the job... > > Robin > Hansen Nursery > robin@hansennursery.com > > _______________________________________________ > 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/…
