Thank you, but I do not know Janis's e-mail address or anything about him. I just know, that he is selling top rarities of bulbs. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Grimshaw To: Pacific Bulb Society Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 7:33 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] skunk cabbage Janis Ruksans is selling Symplocarpus this year, with a lovely picture of it on the cover of his catalogue. For some reason it doesn't seem to do well in England - not sure why not - and one very seldom sees it here. The best example I know is at Kew. On the other hand, Lysitchiton americanum is a terrible weed in some watercourses. John Grimshaw Dr John M. Grimshaw Sycamore Cottage Colesbourne Nr Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL53 9NP Tel. 01242 870567 COLESBOURNE PARK SNOWDROP OPEN DAYS 2007 Every Saturday and Sunday in February (3/4, 10/11, 17/18, 24/25) and 3/4 March Gates open 1pm, last entry 4 pm website: http://www.colesbournegardens.org.uk/ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Whyer" <brian.whyer@btinternet.com> To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] skunk cabbage >> Can anybody help me to find Symplocarpus foetidus seeds or seedlings > please? > >> > When I saw where L. vernum was growing in the wild in the Czech >> > Republic, I knew why they never survived for me. It was in the same >> > squelchy conditions where I would expect our native Lysichiton >> > americanus. > > As the new member Marilyn will find out, you learn something new quite > often > on this list. > I had not realised, or maybe just forgotten, that Symplocarpus was also > called skunk cabbage. I am used to the yellow > http://theroyallandscape.co.uk/thegarden/… > bc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished and white forms of > Lysichiton, which also grows at Saville garden not far from my home. I > always think it looks more like a giant cos lettuce. > > Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England, zone ~8? > Where the magnolias are breaking, many weeks early > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.413 / Virus Database: 268.18.5/707 - Release Date: 01/03/2007 > > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php