Clayton, Please donate them to the PBX (Big Grin) :)))) Fred Biasella -----Original Message----- From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Clayton3120 Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 12:06 AM To: Pacific Bulb Society Subject: Re: [pbs] over-enthusiastic bulbs Amen , friends. Tulipa hissarica has become a horrible nuisance in my garden, as well as Narcissus cantabricus petuniodes,Galanthus nivalis flore plena, Fritillaria edwardii, Iris trojana, and a host of others. Could my compost pile get any bigger? Careful what you sow! ----- Original Message ----- From: <Pelarg@aol.com> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 4:26 PM Subject: Re: [pbs] over-enthusiastic bulbs > Invader bulbs in the nearby park along the Bronx River here in southern > Westchester county (NY), just north of the Bronx line, include galanthus > and > scilla, both of which seem to relish the floodplain soil not far from the > "river" > (more a creek). A purple annual (biennial?) corydalis grows in one area > as > well, in woodland like the others. Natives include the Erythronium > americanum, Allium tricoccum (blooms after the leaves fade in summer), > Dicentra > cucullata, skunk cabbage, Sanginaria canadensis, and a few others. I've > tried to > introduce a few things myself, namely native Podophyllum (extra rhizome > divisions I planted in various locations a few weeks ago), Iris hexagona > (I think a > clump is still hanging on by a lake part of the river), and last fall I > planted Asimina triloba seeds in scattered locations from a friends trees > in > nearby Bronxville. Less pleasant invaders include Ameliopsis, Celastrus, > garlic > mustard, pachysandra, English ivy, and Norway maple. > While I am sure the galanthus and scilla got there from garden refuse, > they > have apparently spread by seed on their own for years, sometimes forming > large > colonies. > Oh yeah, the biggest threat to all of the woodland low growers, scads of > Ranunculus ficaria, now that is one plant that is way out of control in > wet > soils! At least it seems to avoid the drier slopes where the dutchman's > breeches > is found. > Ernie DeMarie (zone 6/7) where remarkably some Pelargonium alchemilloides > are sprouting back from the roots, as is a gazania "Christopher Lloyd". > Ditto > several cultivars of Salvia greggii, though never the peach colored one. > > > > > **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on > family > favorites at AOL Food. > (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight/…) > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/