More Wiki pictures of plants in the wild
Mary Sue Ittner (Sun, 18 May 2003 22:26:38 PDT)

Dear All,

I have added a few more pictures of bulbs I have seen while out walking in
my area that my husband has photographed. For weeks we have seen Allium
unifolium growing in the grassy areas:
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…
http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/files/…

I know it is widely grown and considered weedy by at least one of our UK
list members, but I thought it might be interesting to see it as it grows
in the wild.

We have also seen some Calochortus lately in the wild. The late Calochortus
in my garden are blooming now that it has stopped raining. Some of them
were really not very happy with all our rains and I remembered Diana saying
she was growing a lot of them in the greenhouse. Perhaps I need to shelter
some of the species. I refer you to the Calochortus wiki page.

http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/…

One of the new ones added was Calochortus amabilis that we saw on an open
hillside. Bob climbed up to get a better picture and it wasn't until I
looked at it on the computer that I saw some interesting red markings. The
ones I grow are pure yellow. Mine are blooming right now and I'll try to
get a picture for comparison.

The wildflowers on two points next to the ocean have been fabulous this
year. I was tempted to load a few pictures to the wiki just so you could
appreciate how glorious it was. Last week we found Calochortus tolmiei
blooming on the rocks overlooking the ocean. This is often a VERY windy
area so things are low. There is a lot of variation in this species. Mark
Mazer has a beautiful picture on the Wiki. We went back today to see if the
Allium dichlamydeum growing in the same spot was open yet. Most of the
Calochortus were gone and hard to find. There are thousands of Allium buds,
but only a few opening. I saw some Allium buds coming up in the middle of
Armeria maritima. I almost missed them since the Armeria flowers are pink.
Companion plantings suggestion?

Mary Sue