We are also interested in a few, we have other S African bulbs like ixia, freesia and glads that do well in our coastal LA yard (morea not so much, so far). We are new members and not clear on the exchange process yet, so let us know what you need from us. Thank you, Marc & Liz Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 8, 2021, at 7:18 PM, Brenna Green via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Sorry all. Obviously meant to be just back to Mary Sue. > > (It's not just the BX I have to watch out for.) > >> On Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 7:15 PM Brenna Green <brenna.green@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I'd be interested .. either BX or privately. >> >> I've been meaning to ask, I think I read that you live in Elk? I'm curious >> how far from the coast you are, to get an idea of what your garden >> conditions are like. My parents are just north of the Big River Bridge, >> east of Mendocino village, so damp, damp, damp (and on clay soil). I'm >> currently in Santa Cruz, in the warmest part of town, so 'hot' during the >> day but foggy at night. I figure your conditions are either going to be >> like mine or like theirs :) and the CA and SA bulbs you grow are some of my >> favorites! >> >> Brenna >> >> On Thu, Jul 8, 2021, 5:15 PM Mary Sue Ittner via pbs < >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >>> I have dug up a lot of Babiana corms, descendants of some I grew from >>> seed more than 30 years ago. I think they are hybrids of Babiana >>> stricta. I'll attach a photo taken in May this year and I also added >>> photos to the wiki. >>> >>> https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… >>> >>> I recall that in the past I sent a bunch to the BX and they weren't very >>> popular. Maybe that is because they aren't very hardy and the drying >>> foliage doesn't pull off easily in the beginning so either you have to >>> cut it off or put up with how it looks for awhile. >>> >>> Still, they have a soft spot in my heart since Babiana was Rachel >>> Saunders' favorite bulb. I don't know whether I should send them again >>> to the BX or just ask people to contact me privately if they would like >>> some so I can be sure that they would end up going to people who wanted >>> them and not be an extra burden for Luminita. They should work out well >>> in parts of California if you have a spot that you can plant them in >>> that you don't care how it looks when they die back.They can also be >>> grown in pots. >>> >>> Mary Sue >>> >>> -------------- next part -------------- >>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... >>> Name: Babiana_stricta_hybrid.jpg >>> Type: image/jpeg >>> Size: 347247 bytes >>> Desc: not available >>> URL: < >>> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>
