Dear All,
The items listed below have been donated by PBS list members for
sharing. If you are interested in obtaining some of them, please email me
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From Paul Tyerman:
SEED:
1. Scilla peruviana 'Alba' - from a pristine white variety of the species.
Very striking in full flower. Is basically evergreen here for me but
probably has a dormancy period in the middle of summer in some areas.
Flowers in spring.
2. Veltheimia bracteata (?) - "Normal" pink variety. Lovely rippled edges
to glossy green leaves. This form has quite long, pointed leaves.
Deciduous
for me in summer, but I'm told evergreen for most other people. Flowers in
spring .
3. Zephyranthes verecunda - mix of seed from 2 different clones. One is
pretty much pure white while the other has a faint pink flush. One has
fuller flowers than the other. Both flower well at various times through
the warmer months in response to rain etc.
4. Herbertia lahue - Lovely bright blue/mauve flowers in spring on this
diminutive little irid. Very short dormancy for me in the middle of summer
but leaves barely die down before they start reshooting again.
5. Cyclamen hederifolium - mix of seed from various plants. Both white and
pink parents present and seed from both colours of plant. Could include
some interesting leaf shapes as there are "long leaf" forms present in the
colony which have long thin leaves (and pure white flowers). There could
be seed from these in the mix, but there will almost certainly be genes
from their pollen. Summer deciduous with huge flush of flowers in late
summer/early autumn before leaves appear. Wonderfull geometrically marked
leaves of varying shapes and forms to me are as much a reason to grow them
as the flowers.
6. Albuca canadense (now A. flaccida I believe?) - Delicate little Albuca
with
yellow and green flowers in spring and only growing to maybe a foot tall.
Summer deciduous.
7. Fritillaria pontica - Green bells with some brown markings in late
winter/spring. Very floriforous both in pots and in the ground. Colonise
quite happily for me which can't be said for THAT many of the Fritillarias
in my garden. Summer deciduous.
Thank you, Paul !!
Best wishes,
Dell
--Dell Sherk, Director, Pacific BX