Hi Lesley, so cool to see your plants naturalizing after years of steady establishment. A few years ago in my garden, I manually scattered the seed from the small patch of C. leichtlinii I had growing at the time (maybe 5 flowering plants), spreading it among several different beds. Now about 3-4 years later, we have over 100 tall blue spikes each spring and the populations continue to increase slowly. This year in fact, my mom expressed some concern about them taking over! But they play nicely with the other plants and go mostly dormant by early-midsummer, and I haven't noticed them showing any signs of competitively excluding other species. It is wonderful to see such beautiful plants thriving in the landscape with such little effort! On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 1:25 PM Lesley Richardson via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > In 2013, I bought a pound of Camas Lily seed from an Oregon grower. I > spread it carefully over the mountainside where our cabin was being built. > Then along came a massive spring melt the next year and washed the seed > down the hillside. Last year, to my delight, I spotted the lilies coming > up, albeit most of them did not flower yet. This year, it is a different > story. I have multiple lilies flowering in the ditches and hillside where > they stopped and grew. I discover more almost every week, under shaded > pines and firs, and even in my current native flower garden, one here, one > there. I plan to plant a large number of bulbs this fall to spread the > bloom. > Leslye > > > > On Fri, May 22, 2020, 8:01 AM Cody H via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > Here are some photos of C. leichtlinii blooming now in my garden, > including > > one white one for good measure. I also have a pink form of this species, > > not currently in bloom. > > > > Judy, you are in New Jersey, correct? It’s surprising to me that camas > > species from the (semi)arid west even survive in that climate, much less > do > > so for over a decade. So perhaps that might help explain the lack of > > multiplying? There are also some species from East of the Rockies that > I’m > > not familiar with: C. angustata and C. scilloides. > > > > On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 3:51 PM Judy Glattstein via pbs < > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > > The earliest digital image I have of the camassia in question is from > > > 2009. So it is long lived but not multiplying to any great extent. Here > > > is an image from 2017 where the lower flowers have gone over and seed > > > capsules are swelling. It does not look to me as if the withering > tepals > > > are clasping anything much. Jane McGary, is the image of any help? > > > > > > It is the only camassia in my garden. The bulb has apparently divided, > > > as there are two "twinned" growing points / flower stalks. A handsome > > > bulb, to be sure. > > > > > > Judy in now partially sunny, somewhat cloudy New Jersey. Today did not > > > see my good intentions vis-a-vis potting canna actually happen. But > > > there is always tomorrow. Plus the dormant eucomis in the basement are > > > pushing up pale little nubbins of growth. 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