Diana: We purchased what you (Telos Bulbs) sell as Brodiaea californica Pink Form several years ago. It has been one of the most superb spring bulbs in our rock garden (ammeded sandy clay, Permatill, and compost). I highly urge everyone to try B. californica and in particular this fine form. At 06:47 PM 7/5/2004 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Tony: > >The commercial clone "Queen Fabiola" is actually Triteleia laxa. B. >californica is a different species, and should look quite a bit different, >even though there is a lot of variation in color within the species. > >Diana > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "anthony goode" <tonyg@thealpinehouse.fsnet.co.uk> >To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 1:02 PM >Subject: [pbs] Re: Brodiaea californica > > >> I grow this plant (from seed collected by Wayne Roderick a few years >> ago) in a sand bed in the garden here in eastern England. The bed has >> a roughly seven inch layer of sand with a layer of gritty compost >> below. The bulbs are planted in the sand, just above the compost >> level. They are doing better here than in a raised bed of standard >> free draining compost and better than the few I keep in a pot. It is >> in full flower now, dwarfing the commercial clone 'Queen Fabiola.' >> >> Tony Goode, Nowich UK. Mintemp -8C >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > Tony Avent Plant Delights Nursery @ Juniper Level Botanic Garden 9241 Sauls Road Raleigh, NC 27603 USA Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F USDA Hardiness Zone 7b email tony@plantdelights.com website http://www.plantdel.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent