TOW--Bulbs for Pacific Northwest - RIP
Jane McGary (Thu, 23 Jan 2003 21:23:30 PST)
COmments [in brackets] on Diane's At 02:26 PM 1/22/03 -0800, you wrote:
Bulbs that died out fairly fast
Fritillaria imperialis [I think the commercial stock is mostly virused],
meleagris [definitely needs moisture], michailovskyi [very susceptible to
Botrytis], persica 'Adiyaman' [not very cold-hardy and needs very dry summer],
Galtonia candicans [not very cold-hardy] Ipheion uniflorum [does not
survive outdoors here, not sure why] and 'Wisley Blue' bulb Iris - Dutch
[not cold hardy here],
English (latifolia) [does well here where it is colder and probably drier
in summer but wetter in winter], reticulata hybrids [probably came
diseased] Leucojum aestivum and vernum [they don't die here but don't bloom
either - require summer moisture]
Nectaroscordum siculum [does well here but is not invasive]
Eremurus robustus [often damaged by spring frosts, nothing eats them as
far as I know, not even goats] was in the unwatered area where a lot of
the above bulbs died, and only lavender, rosemary, artemisia and Senecio
'Sunshine' thrive.
Crocus. Various C.chrysanthus hybrids have died out [no, they got eaten,
I bet], even though planted
by the dozen, and occasionally by the hundred. Several cvs of C. biflorus
and sieberi have survived since '89 but haven't increased. C.tommasinianus
that I thought would take over the yard as it has at the Bishop's Close in
Portland, Oregon, seems to have been shaded out [very likely, mine do well
in grass in sun].
Jane McGary