Another Lycoris
J.E. Shields (Wed, 13 Aug 2003 09:43:47 PDT)

Bill and all,

You should be able to grow Lycoris radiata radiata there, if you pick your
spot carefully. I got some bulbs from Rodney Barton in Texas two years
ago, and they are doing OK here. They do not dop well in pots! The
diploid subspecies of L. radiata does not survive here, at least not where
I have tried it so far.

The Lycoris sanguinea was the very first one open. It is a tiny little
thing, orange flowered. L. longituba were the first of the large flowered
types to bloom, but chinensis and sprengeri are close behind.

In the older parts of the town, L. squamigera bloomed well ahead of my
plants out here, where things are more open.

Regards,
Jim Shields

At 12:10 PM 8/13/2003 -0400, you wrote:

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