Chinese Edible Plants
totototo@telus.net (Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:35:44 PDT)
On 7 Oct 08, at 16:06, Leo A. Martin wrote:
In a 99 Ranch Market here in Phoenix I saw lily bulbs sold vacuum-packed
in pairs two years ago. I bought a pair and planted them in a large pot.
(Phoenix is a very bad climate for Lilium, and this way I can move them
around.) They sprouted and grew, with very lacy leaves on the stems. They
persist but aren't happy here.
I didn't eat any of them.
They're Lilium henryi.
Mine flower well, but I don't particularly like the wimpy orange of the flowers.
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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island