Note spelling change in topic species. Actually, I find that this bulb -- which I grew from a single seedling in an AGS seed exchange packet -- will grow anywhere in my temperate Pacific Northwest garden. Sun, shade, leafy humus, clay, rock garden (not intentionally!), bulb house -- doesn't matter. It tolerates, but does not require, a dry summer dormancy. It's a monocarpic bulb, similar to the cycle of Cardiocrinum, but produces hundreds of small offsets, which, if given their own space, gradually reach flowering size in four or five years. I fear that all the bulbs in circulation are derived from this single clone, which is not self-fertile, so it's fortunate that it offsets so much. A couple of years ago I was given a small bulb of another clone, which the giver had received from Australia, so I hope eventually to raise seed-producing plants. Notholirion is winter-growing and mid-spring flowering, so it probably wouldn't succeed in very cold climates, but it stands up fine to temperatures at least down to 20 degrees F (minus 6 C). The leaves are long and lax, fairly messy, summer-dormant. The scape can reach 20 inches and produces a good number of outfacing lavender trumpets, which are sweetly fragrant. Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA On 8/6/2021 8:33 AM, Kathleen Sayce via pbs wrote: > Mark Akimoff sent an extra bulb, Notholirion thomsonium, along with the rest of my order. While I have read a little about this species in the past, my next stop was the archived list at PBS, where dozens of historic messages are available. After reading numerous comments from Jane and others, I think I can place this bulb properly in the garden (full sun, away from normal summer watering locales). > > Thank you, PBS, for keeping the past list comments archived. This made my task, which was figuring out where in the garden to place this new bulb, much easier. > > Kathleen > Pacific Northwest > zone 8, wet winters, dry albeit foggy summers > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>