Joyce's bulbs for Davis
Joyce Miller (Tue, 09 Jul 2002 09:54:14 PDT)
Dear Mary Sue and All,
You wrote: Some of those things you have chosen I thought were a bit of a
challenge to grow and flower and some of the ones I find really easy and
pleasing are not on your list.
Some of my choices were "book choices" i.e. selection by description with
no growing experience to mediate my choices. Lachenalia, Ferraria,
Haemanthus and Cyrtanthus were excluded because I had already donated a
number of such species to Davis. The high Boron content in Davis soil will
not be a problem since they make their own soilless mix. However, the
water is a problem. Speaking of Lachenalia, I found a L. viridiflora
volunteer in my garden. Heaven only knows how the seed got there because I
till this spring I have always had my Lachenalia under cover.
Hesperantha vaginata is so stunning
I will be sharing H. vaginata seed from my personal stash. I am biased
against Watsonia, but I revealed that to Ernesto so that he can over ride
my choices.
I was honored to be asked for my opinion and assistance. However,
my ego will not be damaged if he doesn't use my choices. As a result of
all that work, I have some new packets to sow.
Fondly, Joyce