Favorite Pink Bulbs-TOW
Mary Sue Ittner (Thu, 12 Aug 2004 21:11:21 PDT)

Dear All,

I've really enjoyed all the pink flowered favorites people have been
listing. I thought I had mine figured out until people starting mentioning
things I grow I had forgotten and now I find it impossible to list just
five. But since others have been listing more, I guess I'll break my own
suggestion:

1. Allium dichlamydeum -- I hadn't thought of Allium until someone else
mentioned it, but this one that grows on the rocks overlooking the ocean
where I live and does well for me as well I love
2. Calochortus -- There are some light pink forms of Calochortus tolmiei
which are just amazing, but I also am very fond of Calochortus amoenus and
Calochortus splendens is a nice pink too
3. Gladiolus -- Gladiolus carmineus which is just now starting to peek out
of the ground in my yard was the first pink flower to come to mind. It is
so welcome this time of the year. But when I looked through my pictures I
realized I like G. pappei and G. geardii too, but G. carmineus is probably
my favorite pink Gladiolus
4. Oxalis -- This one is so hard because there are so many great pink
Oxalis as Liz has mentioned. My favorites: O. bowiei (huge, tall flowers),
O. hirta (and the cultivar 'Gothenburg'), O. callosa with its colorful eye,
O. glabra (tiny but covered with pink flowers), O. convexula (cool
succulent leaves too), and of course O. obtusa which blooms for such a long
time
5. Romulea -- One of my favorite genera and two that I grow that are great
pinks: R. kombergensis and R. eximia
6. Nerine -- So many of these, both species and hybrids, I'll just stick
with the genus
7. Hesperantha -- Lot's of nice pinks, but many are short bloomed. I really
love H. latifolia which is a hot pink and a winter bloomer that lasts for weeks
8. Cyclamen -- Hadn't thought of this one either until it was mentioned
although Cyclamen get my leaf votes, but I too love some of the flowers so
I'll add C. coum and C. pseudibericum

Mary Sue

Mary Sue Ittner
California's North Coast
Wet mild winters with occasional frost
Dry mild summers