Morea huttonia
Paul Tyerman (Wed, 09 Apr 2003 16:04:57 PDT)
At 09:44 9/04/03 -0500, you wrote:
Dear all;
Thanks for the input on possible hardiness. Jim S's trial is
worth repeating. I tried M. polystachyea near the foundation -south
facing and somewhat dry in winter with no survival of mature bulbs.
Paul, I'd be glad to try a few seeds and nurse them in a cool
greenhouse for a year or two before testing some outside. I hear it
gets to almost 4 ft! in the Kew.
Jim,
I'll find the seeds for you (they're from last season, but being an irid it
should not be a problem). Mine germinated within 10 days when sown a month
or two after harvesting, from memory. Mine in a pot got to 3 foot tall so
I'd imagine in the ground they would be a little taller. Do you also have
M. spathulata? That one is a big bigger and is a much brighter yellow with
orange signal. It has established large clumps in my garden and seeds
rather freely (however the seedlings are pretty easily identifiable and
removable if I don't want them.... something that hasn't happened yet <Grin>).
I have just put some pics up of M. huttonii for you on the PBS wiki at ....
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…
and a picture of one of my M. spathulata clumps at....
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…
I hope this is of some help.
Cheers.
Paul Tyerman
Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9
mailto:ptyerman@ozemail.com.au
Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus,
Cyrtanthus, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about anything
else that doesn't move!!!!!