Gagea
Mark McDonough (Thu, 08 May 2008 08:12:11 PDT)

Hello Fred (and PBS fans),

Perhaps you missed my posting on May 1st entitled "Sowing seed in situ + spring bulbs", where I talk about Gagea fibrosa that I've grown and flowered at least for 2 years in Zone 5 near the New Hampshire border. Here's what I wrote about Gagea, and it includes a link to a photo taken a couple weeks back. It's a charming plant.

Done blooming last week, is one of the many Gagea species, a genus of small, mostly yellow-flowered bulbs, closely allied to Tulipa. Here is a flowering plant of Gagea fibrosa, obtained from Jane McGary's fine specialty bulb list. An overlooked genus, cute little plants a few inches tall.

http://plantbuzz.com/buzz/Gagea_fibrosa_2008a.jpg/

Mark McDonough
antennaria@charter.net
north-western Massachusetts, near the New Hampsire border
USDA Zone 5
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