question about Sternbergia and TOW
J.E. Shields (Mon, 15 Sep 2003 07:34:10 PDT)
Hi Marguerite,
Sternbergia is still a genus in the Amaryllis family! What a strange
"re-classification" that would be, to move it to the Iris family! That
message was most certainly leading you astray.
Speaking of Sternbergia and of TOW, when I first grew Sternbergia lutea, i
was convinced it would not survive outdoors here. I grew it strictly in
containers. It never bloomed in a pot, not once! Fin ally, I planted some
outdoors, where they bloom every autumn now. They even survived last
winter, which was very wet and very cold (a real USDA zone 5 winter for a
change). I am not sure that they will bloom this year, but it is still too
early to know.
Jim Shields
in central Indiana
At 09:45 PM 9/14/2003 -0700, you wrote:
Not too long ago, a message on one of the plant lists to which I belong
identified Sternbergia lutea as Crocus sternbergia lutea. I thought
Sternbergia is an Amaryllid and not an Iridaceae. Was that message
leading me astray, or has Sternbergia really changed its information?
Marguerite English - Gardening with bulbs and perennials at 3500 feet in
the mountains of southern California.
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