fall planting and storage
Peter Taggart (Fri, 09 Nov 2012 22:56:14 PST)
The cormlets can be so prolific that sorting them out is not worthwhile
just plant and they can get on with it.
The most tender in my experiance is Dichelostemma voubile and D capitata
with temperature limits of around 5 F when planted deep in sand, a large
pot of B crocea was serverly damaged at these temperatures or slightly
lower (0F), (wet and out of doors) and I had only one flower stem last year
as a result, -the pot was not fully plunged.
Peter (UK)
On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 12:46 AM, Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net>wrote:
Regarding the question of whether it matters whether one plants
Dichelostemma and other Themidaceae (Brodiaea, etc.) right side up, I
think it matters if the corms are large, but not if they are little
So far I have found almost all of them, even Bloomeria
crocea, hardy outdoors in northwestern Oregon down to at least the
mid-teens Fahrenheit.