I think Fairhill might have them Shelley > From: hartsentwine.australia@gmail.com > Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:35:41 +1000 > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: [pbs] Speaking Speaking of Calostemmas by the Billabong. > > I'm on holidays & motorcycle touring a few thousand kilometers criss crossing the Great Deviding Range heading South & then heading to Southern Victoria. > > Does any one know of anyone who may have some Calostemmas. ????Even if is a just a look in a botanical garden etc. I've never seen one in Brisbane > > I am always disappointed by the lack of our stunning Australian native bulbs in home gardens. I found it interesting, that one of my best friends Mark Hawkins from the Hawkins nursery empire, & who now managers Nova Gardens Nursery was telling me many nurseries don't carry bulbs because the flowering spans are too short or unpredictable, & they have to be held in pot culture through the dormant season& space is money. > > So I am slowly getting him hooked on bulbs & perhaps something so rare as a Calostemma & other native bulbs may one day take pride position..... > > Steven > SE Queensland Australia > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/