Kniphofia on Mt. Hood?
Ellen Hornig (Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:12:28 PST)
Jane - do tell more about this Kniphofia colony on Mt. Hood - species or
hybrid? And do people commonly truck their garden waste up to Mt. Hood?
Sounds like a deliberate introduction to me..
Ellen
Ellen Hornig
Seneca Hill Perennials
3712 County Route 57
Oswego NY 13126 USA
http://www.senecahillperennials.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jane McGary" <janemcgary@earthlink.net>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Ornithogalum - weedy?
A note on weedy bulbs prompted by Diane's remark,
"I assume people in your area behave similarly to those here. Those
bulbs didn't leap out of the garden on their own and colonize waste
ground. Instead, people weeded their garden and trundled the weeds
to the nearest public space where they dumped the wheelbarrow full of
whatever they didn't want. That gave the weedy bulbs their start."
We think this must be the only way that a colony of Kniphofia got way out
in the Mt. Hood National Forest at about 4000 feet elevation: somebody
dumping garden debris. As far as I know, it is not spreading.
Jane McGary
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