paige et al, aw, but i have been salivating over your offerings (and have purchased some things) for some time. there are many many genera of geophytes i am interested in, Narcissus appeals to me as a future grower in its broad general public appeal and deer proof status (though i am now concerned about the Large Fly, never encountered this back east in Toronto) and i want to focus on heritage pre-war cultivars. regarding Lilium, it is one of my favorite genera, and north american species are my interest. yes, richard at thimblefarms is an awesome grower, and i spent some months at a bench in his greenhouse pricking out seedlings and potting up. is there a better compliment to Narcissus? how about Frittilaria? please keep the comments coming. anthony On 9/4/09, Pacific Rim <paige@hillkeep.ca> wrote: > > Hello, Anthony. Good heavens, you live in my bailiwick but I was not aware > of you until now. > > Both Narcissus and Lilium are genera broad enough to encompass several > climates and many,.many recipes for propagation. All bulbs I have met are > canny: smite theory and produce at least a few first-year thread leaves > under almost any conditions. > > PBS readers at large: Salt Spring Island, aka Saltspring, is one of the > Gulf > Islands between Vancouver Island and the SW coast of British Columbia. > Members of the same archipelago south of the border, off Washington State, > are called the San Juan islands. > > Some of you are probably aware of at least two excellent growers of > uncommon > perennials and bulbs on Salt Spring, one out of business for several years, > the other Thimble Farms, http://www.thimblefarms.com/ . > > I would not consider growing both Narcissus and Lilium in quantity. Their > demands are too different. You would have neither holidays nor efficiency. > > Not that I can boast either. > > Paige Woodward > paige@hillkeep.ca > http://www.hillkeep.ca/ > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "anthony matthews" <organicprincipal@gmail.com> > To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Friday, September 04, 2009 5:37 PM > Subject: [pbs] bulb growing > > > > hi, > > > > i am new to the list and look forward to all the great info. > > > > i am preparing to enter the bulb growing business, focusing on Narcissus > > and > > Lilium, and would welcome any advice or insight from other members who > may > > be in same profession. good or bad, i look forward to hearing it. > > > > best regards > > anthony > > > > i live on Salt Spring Island, in British Columbia, Canada. Zone 8-ish, > > cool > > moist winters and cool dry summers. > > > > -- > > anthony matthews > > http://www.organicprinciple.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > -- anthony matthews http://www.organicprinciple.com/