Pancratium maritimum
contact (Fri, 26 Mar 2010 00:36:18 PDT)
Dear PBS members,
I am sorry to come back to a subject of 3 weeks ago, but we are just back
from travelling.
I would rather say that Pancratium maritimum is tolerant to sea spray. Also
the maritme influence permits the plant to keep its leaves during cold
winter periods. We grow sucessflly important quantities of this species
about 50 km from the mediterranean sea.
A few observations: deep planting (15-20cm -6-8") allows the roots to be
moist during the dry summers and the plant may remain evergreen during
the summer. The main reason that P maritimum is found on the seashore is
that the seeds floats very well and are therefore spread all along the
beaches. It thrives well there as very often the wind blows sand on top of
the bulbs to a great depth.
But we have a good clump of the species in a bone dry rockery for at least
10 years. Consistently this clump looses its leaves and flowers abundantly
the end of August. (See the picture in
http://bulbargence.com/m_catalogue/article.php/…)
Kind greetings
Lauw de Jager (South of France)
http://www.bulbargence.com/
-----Original Message-----
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'tflower drainage is very important bulbs are not hardy at
all
bulborum@gmail.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.