missing snowdrop mystery solved
totototo@telus.net (Wed, 07 May 2008 12:17:21 PDT)

On 7 May 08, at 2:20, jegrace wrote:

And here I am trying in vain to grow Spanish bluebells....

LOL

Just be careful; you may get what you pine for. And *then* no
laughing, out loud or silent.

Let me add that the exact identity of the common weedy Hyacinthoides
around here (Victoria, BC) is not certain. I have a key to them from
the Natural History Museum (UK) and really ought to go out and see
where my pests fall.

<url=http://nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/british-natural-/
history/survey-bluebells/bluebell-identification/index.html>

[That URL has a line break in it and may need to be stitched back
together depending on your software.]

--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate

on beautiful Vancouver Island