Another favorite yellow-flowered bulb
Jim McKenney (Wed, 21 Jan 2004 13:05:20 PST)
At 02:29 PM 1/21/2004 -0600, you wrote:
Dear all;
Wish Jim McKenney would give his location when wishing for hardy bulbs.
Actually wish all would give location every time they say "here'!
Sorry, Jim and others, I omitted my "signature" with that posting.
I'm in zone 7, just north of Washington, D.C. -as my prior postings have
indicated.
And thanks for pointing out that there are hardy yellow Lycoris for cold
areas. Actually, I knew about L. chinensis, and I've grown and flowered the
"garden center yellow" Lycoris. It's not hardy here. This I assume is L.
traubii, but I've never been sure. How are L. aurea and L. traubii different?
I recall an article written by Caldwell many years ago in which he
mentioned a yellow flowered Chinese Lycoris he saw in a Tennessee garden.
Is this the plant which came to be known as L. caldwellii?
Can you suggest sources for any of these?
Cordially,
Jim McKenney
jimmckenney@starpower.net
Montgomery County, Maryland, zone 7, just north of Washington,D.C.