Warm climate bulbs and tubers -free distribution

Judy McBride via pbs pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net
Sat, 15 Apr 2023 08:45:52 PDT
On Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 7:59 AM Robert Parks via pbs <
pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:

> For those of you where winter shipping of live plants is a thing, I have
> some goodies that are ready for a new home. Free shipping to the south and
> west USA. Email me directly: trolleypup@gmail.com I'll collect responses
> over the weekend and ship next week.
>
> Species/varieties that are still solidly dormant will be made available
> later.
> Nerine filifolia...not quite dormant, but lots of them, a near evergreen
> summer grower.
>
> Andean tuber crops, some are starting to sprout, the ones in solid dormancy
> can wait. Most of these require cool summers, and will not thrive with
> warm/hot days and nights. Summer growers, with a very long season (tuber
> production begins around the solstice, dormancy late November into
> January).
>
> Yacon - Smallanthus sonchifolius, the exception, will handle warmer
> conditions. I have a few, the bud tubers don't store well (the storage
> tubers do though). Dahlia style growth.
>
> Ulluco - Ullucus tuberosus, bright colored tubers
>  - (pink): elongated bright pink tubers
>  - Moclips: round pink tubers faded to green
>
> Mashua - Tropaeolum tuberosum, viny nasturtium relative, red/orange flowers
> in fall
>  - (light green with purple eyes): many
>
> Oca - Oxalis tuberosus, very vigorous floppy with a few yellow flowers, few
> to many
>  - (red)
>  - White Salmon
>  - Hopin Alba
>  - (cream with magenta eyes)
>  - Amarillo
>  - Bolivian Red
>  - Twilight
>  - (dark red with yellow)
>
> Robert
> in chilly San Francisco, where there were episodes of frozen precipitation
> last night at 600ft elevation (nothing stuck).
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