As the name says maritimum it grows les as 200 meter from the seashore in dune-sand about 25 / 35 cm deep and therefore a few times a year a spray with seawater otherwise they don't flower drainage is very important bulbs are not hardy at all Roland bulborum@gmail.com 2010/3/8 Jim McKenney <jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com> > Last fall I planted five bulbs of Pancratium maritimum from a commercial > source in one of my cold frames. These bulbs were not exactly planted in > the > usual sense. I simply put the bulbs on the surface of the cold frame soil > with the bases of the bulbs slightly buried. Most of the bulb is exposed. > The bulbs rooted quickly but have otherwise shown no sign of life (i.e. no > foliage). I'll report on their progress or lack of progress later this > year. > > > > > I tried this species several years ago; bulbs were planted into the soil of > the same cold frame but not watered. Within a year the bulbs had either > disappeared or shriveled down to almost nothing. This surprised me - I > wrongly assumed that this species would need little water. > > > > In the past I've also grown P. illyricum as a pot plant, putting it outside > during the summer and bringing it in during the winter. Several years > passed > without seeing the plant bloom, and it was eventually discarded. > > > > I also planted five seeds of P. maritimum last November – but nothing has > happened there yet. > > > > I too would like to hear from anyone growing these species. > > > > > > Jim McKenney > > jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com > > Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA > zone > 7 > > My Virtual Maryland Garden http://www.jimmckenney.com/ > > BLOG! http://mcwort.blogspot.com/ > > > > Webmaster Potomac Valley Chapter, NARGS > > Editor PVC Bulletin http://www.pvcnargs.org/ > > > > Webmaster Potomac Lily Society http://www.potomaclilysociety.org/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >