This society is strictly for lilies, which I have serious trouble growing where I now live as we have a slew of rodentia that just love our lily bulbs. I have lost over half of mine now. Daffodils are, however, our friend here. I am growing and propagating Penstemon Barrettiae, which endemically is confined to 10 square miles of the Columbia Gorge in WA. I finally joined the Penstemon Society this week so I can share the prolific seeds I am now getting each year. If anyone here would like some, (US only), write to me separately for my address and for a stamped, addressed envelope, I will send you seeds later this summer. These beauties grow best here, on a mountainside at 2500 feet, in the East Cascades, in gravel over hard clay. I do, however, water them once a week. Winter-10 feet of snow and they go dormant. The seeds need cold to germinate and may take years to come up. Lesley On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 11:50 AM Mike via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Nils, > > I find your thoughts about the diversity of plants and attracting new > people who have an interest into specialty plant groups etc. A great area > of discussion. > > Living in Southern California, several > years ago. I was introduced to the Huntington Museums and Gardens ISI > program, ( International Succulent Introduction Program) which I’m sure > many here are familiar with. Based on the succulent collection they have. > Each year at reasonable price they offer a group of succulents and plants > from arid lands around the globe. Their aim to create interest and > diversity of what is in cultivation. > It’s not perfect but I feel a meaningful attempt to accomplish its goals. > > I have wondered if there is or could be a similar program for geophyte’s > that we as an organization could nurture or support. Increasing education > and helping to guarantee the diversity of the plants we find fascinating. > > I’m sure others long before me have had the same thoughts. I’d be > interested to understand what other feel or what we in the past have done > as PBS? > > > Mike > San Diego > Where May Gray is in full swing today. > > > On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 12:00 AM Nils Hasenbein via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > Tim, Uli, dear All, > > > > Uli, thanks once again for those wonderful pictures! > > > > Concerning Iris larger 1,5 m, David brought up I. pseudacorus, which > > definitely grows at least 1,5m height and is a common sight at water's > > edge in public parks in our area. For landcape use, this doesn't help > > much, as quite a bit of the effect of the 1,5m in most cases is lost due > > to the slope down to the water. > > > > For garden use, the Tambergs, a couple of private breeders from Berlin, > > have bred some hybrids of I. sibirica of about that size (e.g. > > Lavendelturm, Hohe Warte; > > http://tamberg.homepage.t-online.de/iris_offer.htm…). As quite a few > > of their hybrids have entered commercial trade and been awarded a RHS > > award, maybe they have been imported to the US? > > > > As you can see on their website, they plan to retire next year. Reading > > all your very interesting comments on seed and bulb trade, I agree that > > regulations can be very annoying (I wonder if anyone can shed a light on > > whether botanical gardens have means to exchange seeds or bulbs across > > borders with a bit more ease? In my - dated - experience, staff there is > > happy to order stuff from their exchange network, and split the delivery > > so some remain in "official cultivation" and some enter private > > collections?). However, visiting the Tamberg website and following the > > discussion, I am again reminded that many growers and breeders of > > "special plants" have retired or are currently retiring, and most > > people, even in the current "house plant craze" grow the same > > commercially available species and their clones. This - to me - seems to > > be a problem at least as big as the increasing regulations. On the > > bright side, it is something I can at least try to change by trying to > > interest more people in what we all do. I really hope that specialist > > groups will attract more members in this period of increased interest in > > gardening, as I only see a way forward regarding regulations when > > specialist nurseries, larger nurseries, botanical intitutes and (groups > > of) specialist private collectors work together. > > > > All the best, > > > > Nils (in Germany where it seems freezing nights are finally over, > > everything has been moved outside, and I am nervously checking those > > plants I got from my first BX order. Late Tulips are flowering) > > > > Am 08.05.2021 um 20:15 schrieb Tim Eck via pbs: > > > Uli, > > > Is there any way to get some iris seed to the states. An iris with a > > five > > > foot bloom stalk should be in demand even though I couldn't grow it in > > the > > > East. > > > Tim > > > > > > On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 7:01 PM Johannes-Ulrich Urban via pbs < > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > > >> Dear All, > > >> > > >> Here are some more pictures of an interesting Iris. This is a > different > > >> habitat on terra rossa. The identity of this tall Iris is not certain > > (Iris > > >> pallida tall form, Iris mesopotamica, Iris sicula?) neither if this > is a > > >> wild plant or a garden escape. It is the tallest Iris I have ever > seen, > > the > > >> flowering stems can be up to 150cm tall. It is a winter growing summer > > >> dormant plant, deciduous during dormancy. > > >> > > >> The pictures show the overall look, details of flowers and foliage, > the > > >> orchid grows in the same place, a showy plant. > > >> > > >> This place becomes hot and dry, the soil will bake very hard, only to > go > > >> soft again after rain. > > >> > > >> Bye for now > > >> > > >> Uli > > >> > > >> -------------- next part -------------- > > >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > >> Name: image0.jpeg > > >> Type: image/jpeg > > >> Size: 198772 bytes > > >> Desc: not available > > >> URL: < > > >> > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > >> -------------- next part -------------- > > >> > > >> > > >> -------------- next part -------------- > > >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > >> Name: image1.jpeg > > >> Type: image/jpeg > > >> Size: 204304 bytes > > >> Desc: not available > > >> URL: < > > >> > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > >> -------------- next part -------------- > > >> > > >> > > >> -------------- next part -------------- > > >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > >> Name: image2.jpeg > > >> Type: image/jpeg > > >> Size: 133772 bytes > > >> Desc: not available > > >> URL: < > > >> > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > >> -------------- next part -------------- > > >> > > >> > > >> -------------- next part -------------- > > >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > >> Name: image3.jpeg > > >> Type: image/jpeg > > >> Size: 183717 bytes > > >> Desc: not available > > >> URL: < > > >> > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > >> -------------- next part -------------- > > >> > > >> > > >> -------------- next part -------------- > > >> A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > >> Name: image4.jpeg > > >> Type: image/jpeg > > >> Size: 134569 bytes > > >> Desc: not available > > >> URL: < > > >> > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > >> -------------- next part -------------- > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> 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> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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>
