I am confused- why don't they flower? On Monday, October 19, 2015, Paul <ottopauld@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > On 18 Oct 2015, at 19:43, S. R. Gilbert wrote: > > > > > Dear PBS, Probably very foolishly, I bought one hundred Eranthis bulbs > and > > > must now do my best with them in my Petaluma garden. Winters in > Petaluma are > > > mild, with temperatures seldom dipping below freezing, and daytime > highs > > > mostly in the sixties. What advice can you offer to this Eranthis > novice? > > > > I have tried both Eranthis hyemalis and E. cilicia in my present garden in > Brookings OR which is six miles from the Pacific Ocean and where the > coldest temperature over the past seven years has been 18F, but is usually > around 25F. While foliage appears every year, the plants that I have > rarely flower, and certainly do not even grow like those in the Northern > Willamette Valley where the plants originally came from. The annual winter > precipitation is between 75 and 100 inches annually falling between October > and May. > > Paul Otto > Brookings OR > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org <javascript:;> > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >