Hi Joe, I hope to make it your talk tomorrow at Mercer. Will you talk about the Arboretums remnant Crinum collection by any chance? I understand it was willed to them, but I may be mistaken about that. Al Howell in sweltering Houston, Texas > 3. Crinum self-promotion (Joe Shaw) >------------------------------ > >Message: 3 >Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 14:32:57 -0500 >From: "Joe Shaw" <jshaw@opuntiads.com> >Subject: [pbs] Crinum self-promotion >To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Message-ID: <000b01c6a90e$a5b7cbc0$6501a8c0@Petunia> >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; > reply-type=original > >Hi Gang, > >If you follow the link below, you can find some photos I put up on the >Texas >Garden Web Forum to advertize a talk on Crinum. The talk will be about >plants that do well along the Gulf Coast. Crinum don't like it here very >much but some do very well. With care some of the other species can be >grown. Dave L. has written a good article in this regard, see the second >link. > >LINK: Crinum Photo Montage >http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/… > > >LINK: Cultivation of African Crinum in Pots and Tubs, Dave L., 1996, >Herbertia, reproduced by permission of the International Bulb Society (an >organization devoted to the enjoyment and cultivation of bulbs). >http://crinum.iconx.com/attachments/… > > >A while back someone requested that the talk be video taped. That is not >in >the works, but the PowerPoint presentation can be mailed out to Bulb or >Garden clubs, etc. Just write to me off list and I'll see what can be >arranged. > > > >Cordially, > >Joe >Hot, hot, hot today in Conroe. I'm watering everything and the plants want >more water. > > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 4 >Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:24:08 -0400 >From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields104@insightbb.com> >Subject: [pbs] Hardy Bulbs >To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> >Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.2.20060716161000.03bf4708@mail.insightbb.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >Hi all, > >The Crinum variabile are in bloom now. This is earlier than usual for >them. Note that these are growing in the ground year-round here. These >are in a raised bed of highly improved topsoil, about 15 feet from the >south end of the big greenhouse. I have never been able to get these to >bloom in containers. Since they seem perfectly hardy in the ground, it is >very convenient to grow them that way, and the bloom like crazy in July or >August. > >Various Crinum grow around the east and south sides of one of the older and >smaller greenhouses. About to bloom again is Crinum 'Catherine', while a >couple of pink 'J.C. Harvey'-like hybrids have been blooming for >weeks. The various C. bulbispermum seem to have bloomed out after only 2 >or 3 scapes apiece. All these are also in the ground. > >Growing right up against the east wall of this same greenhouse, a bunch of >Zantedeschia 'Black Pearl' are in bloom now. Just in front of 'Black >Pearl' is another hardy Gladiolus, probably volunteers of G. imbricatus >from a dumped seed pot. I just collected a few seeds from this glad. > >Galtonia candicans is in bloom now too. Galtonia candicans is also hardy >in the ground here, in selected beds. They don't like low-lying beds or >clay soil! They are doing great in a raised bed made of composted leaves, >topsoil, and coarse brown sand. > >Gladiolus oppositiflorus salmoneus is also hardy here in spots. They have >not bloomed yet this summere. They are growing in the same bed as the >Crinum variabile. Planted among the Galtonia, all the glads >disappeared. I suspect that was due to mice more than to weather. > >Regards, >Jim Shields >in very hot central Indiana (USA) > >************************************************* >Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. >P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ >Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA >Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA > _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/…