Autumnal bulbs in other regions

Mike via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Thu, 07 Oct 2021 19:34:07 PDT
Ernie,

Those K Multiflora in your video are amazing.  Those flower spikes , Wow!
The color, height,  flower density.  Do you stake them at all or they hold
up well, period?  Picking up some K. Christmas Cheer to help a friend do
some landscaping in their new home here in San Diego this weekend  It’s a
cultivar that was developed in SoCal at The Huntington Gardens in Pasadena.
So I think they will find it a great addition that blooms in winter gardens
here.

Yours are spectacular in vigor, and the clumps look great for late season,
period.  Great to see your success.   I bet they look stunning in your
landscape.

Mike
San Diego
Expecting another round of early season rains tonight….

On Thu, Oct 7, 2021 at 1:22 PM Ernie DeMarie via pbs <
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:

> While they may not quite be bulbs, Kniphofia does make it into the PBS
> wiki as a genus.   So here in NY two fall blooming species that will bloom
> soon, just before potential frost, are K multiflora and K bruceae.  Both
> are in spike at this time.  I protect both with a winter wood chip mulch as
> at least the latter comes from a not so cold area of South Africa.  Both
> are tall and spectacular species and never seen around here or much at all
> actually.  Here's a video I posted on youtube a while back on K multiflora
> in the garden.
> https://youtube.com/watch/…
> Another good South African species for fall bloom is Hesperantha
> coccinea.  I saw them growing in patches of soil among rocks in a streambed
> on my last trip to SA before the pandemic hit, so I try to not let them get
> too dry for too long in the garden.  However that hasn't been an issue this
> year as we have had plenty of excess rain this growing season.  Two mild
> winters didnt hurt either even though they are winter mulched with wood
> chips just in case.  One red flowered clone I got from a fellow facebook
> plant enthusiast begins flowering in late August/early September, the
> others begin in September.   I am growing red and pink selections in my
> South African garden in the back of the house, not far from the K
> multiflora plants and they look splendid as I write this.  Each year the
> clumps expand at a good clip and make more flower spikes. In milder
> climates than ours in NY they would likely continue flowering all winter,
> as I saw some flowers in SA in December so that would be equivalent to June
> for us.
> Ernie DeMariein z6/7 NY where fall is warmer than typical and the sun has
> returned after several days of clouds and a bit of rain one day.
>
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