Anthericum, was Slow time on the bulb scene

Jane McGary janemcgary@earthlink.net
Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:34:21 PDT
I grow Anthericum ramoson and A. liliago var. major. Both came from 
seeds listed in exchanges as Paradisea liliastrum, and when one sees 
the latter name in horticulture, it's almost always misapplied. I've 
grown P. liliastrum, but it didn't flourish. However, the 
lower-elevation relative Paradisea lusitanica is an excellent garden 
plant here. It has quite tall flowering stems.

Anthericums tend to self-sow a little too readily here, but A. 
liliago makes a good "grassy" ground cover all summer after flowering.

Jane McGary
Northwestern Oregon

At 12:10 PM 7/7/2009, you wrote:
>Jim Waddick mentioned Anthericum. I know of two species of this genus which
>are making the rounds, A. liliago and A. ramosum.
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>Jim, which one are you growing? A friend gave me a piece of A. ramosum
>recently, but it is not yet established; I'm not sure what to expect of it.
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>Does anyone grow Paradisea liliastrum (aka Anthericum liliastrum)?


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