maybe you've told us beefore, but it's hard to keep track - waht zone are you? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nhu Nguyen" <xerantheum@gmail.com> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2012 2:06 AM Subject: Re: [pbs] What's blooming in coastal Northern California > It is always interesting for me to compare what's blooming in my garden > with Mary Sue's who lives about 130 miles north of me. Some of the plants > that she has blooming has not done a thing for me and some that have > finished blooming for me months ago are starting for her. > > So far this year I have a few things that bloomed for the first time from > seeds after 4 years. I am so pleased to see them bloom for the first time. > It is the magic of bulb growing. > > Zephyranthes "datensis" - I received seeds as this species (from central > Brazil) but there is no such name in any plant database. There is a > Habranthus datensis but I don't think this plant is a Habranthus. Please > comment if you know the ID. It bloomed from seeds after 3 years. I suspect > that if I had a warmer summer, it could bloom in 2 years. > http://flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/… > > Asphodelus acaulis > http://flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/… > > Romulea komsbergensis - first time blooming, 4 years from seeds. > http://flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/… > > Romulea monadelpha - ffirst time blooming, 4 years from seeds. > http://flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/… > > Romulea hirta - seeds came from the PBS 2007 seed sale, 5 years to bloom > from seeds. Could have been quicker if I had treated it better. > http://flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/… > > Tropaeolum brachyseras and T. tricolor > http://flickr.com/photos/xerantheum/… > > Nhu > > On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 5:41 PM, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote: > >> I've looked up (briefly) some of these things and find that some >> of them are blooming a bit earlier, but others >> are right on track. >> > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >