Horrors in the garden, was Re: Real gardens;

Horrors in the garden, was Re: Real gardens;
Jane McGary (Sun, 27 Jan 2008 13:32:47 PST)

Roger wrote,

This horror (Nothoscordum inodorum) arrived as seed labelled "Leucojum
trichophyllum." I know
who contributed and won't name any names, but it was someone who you
would have expected to know better. I've often wondered how many
other gardens were similarly infested.

I ended up with it in exactly the same way, from seed sent to a seed
exchange (don't remember which one) as Leucojum. I've managed to quell it
in the bulb frames but it got into a border, where all I can do, short of
digging up and discarding the soil a foot deep or more, is make sure it
doesn't flower.

I do have the real L. trichophyllum, by the way, but rarely get enough seed
from it to send to an exchange. However, I get plenty of bulb offsets to share.

Jane McGary