I naturalized a bunch of pink rain lilies in a swale in the front lawn 14 years ago, mixed parentage... rosea, grandiflora, x floryii.... labels long lost. They bloom reliably multiple times and are pleasantly spready. I can look for seed now if you are interested but it is the end of the season so no guarantees. But, if you remind me next Spring... Mark Mazer Hertford, NC On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 11:51 AM mark akimoff via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Hello, > > I work for a Historic Garden Conservancy dedicated to preserving the legacy > of the first two female landscape Architects to start a firm in Oregon in > the 1930's, Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver. One of their earliest > designs from 1929, recommended planting Pink Rain Lilies, in front of > Heliotrope as a foil for the roses in a parterre planting for a garden in > Tacoma, Washington. > > The combination sounded pretty stunning so I set out to recreate this > design, obtaining Zephyranthes rosea and Zephyranthes grandiflora from > several different commercial online bulb sources. I planted these in May, > along with several flats of Heliotrope 'Marine'. Several flowers appeared > immediately and I thought if this keeps up it will be a stunning sight. But > that ended up being all the flowers that showed on the rain lilies. I tried > trying drying the rain lilies out for a few weeks at a time, while trying > to keep the Heliotrope looking good and then introducing more water but no > blooms. Now the fall rains have started in earnest and still no blooms on > the rain lilies. > > So i'm wondering if anyone with more experience with Zephryranthes would > have any recommendations about how to get better summer blooms with those > two selections? Or is there a better one to try? I have seedlings going of > Z. morrisclintii and and some small offsets of Z. 'labuffarosea' from one > of the exchanges but they are years away from making a show in the garden. > > I have some bulb catalogs from the 1930's and they list Zephyranthes > robustus, with the following description "Large, bright pink flowers > appearing in late summer on 6-8" stems. foliage during winter and spring. > The flowers are long enough to be useful for cutting. It's adaptability to > culture in pots, rock gardens, and borders makes it a very useful member of > a well known group" > > Any tips or tricks to recreating this floral show would be much > appreciated? > > Thanks, > > Mark > Garden Manager/Curator > The Lord and Schryver Conservancy > Salem, Oregon > _______________________________________________ > 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/…