Scilla/Oncostema peruviana

chuck schwartz puppincuff@cox.net
Fri, 19 Oct 2007 18:04:24 PDT
My S. peruvianas have never failed to bloom evry year. They've pushed 
themselves out of the ground from crowding and all of the bulbs bloom.
chuck Schwartz
zone 9b
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From: "Jim McKenney" <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com>
To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 9:32 AM
Subject: [pbs] Scilla/Oncostema peruviana


> I'm going to give Scilla peruviana a try again this year, partly because 
> of
> all the encouraging things people had to say about it awhile back. One of 
> my
> local gardening friends claims it's a good garden plant for him, although 
> he
> lives in the local palm belt.
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> Last night I was reading the account of this plant in the old Bailey
> Cyclopedia of 1902. In the account there something is mentioned which I've
> never heard before. The claim is made there that this plant never flowers
> two years in succession.
>
> What say those of you who have extensive experience with this plant?
>
>
> Jim McKenney
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