Asphodelus albus looks interesting, how exactly is it messy? I find that almost all of the bulbs I have in the ground look messy when their leaves are drying out before they go back to being dormant. > Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 09:07:43 -0700 > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > From: janemcgary@earthlink.net > Subject: Re: [pbs] The Ides of May > > Alberto Castillo wrote: > > >Asphodelus albus is a super garden plant for dry/dryish summer > >locations. Outstanding in borders. > > I would add the caution that it goes dormant, rather messily, in late > summer, and that it should be deadheaded both for looks and to > prevent its fairly enthusiastic self-seeding. If I decide to bring it > here, I'll put it behind something that will conceal its decline. > > Mature plants are very easy to divide when dormant, and seedlings > flower in their second or third year. Predators do not touch this > plant as far as I've seen. > > Jane McGary > Portland, Oregon > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/