Richard, I tried several species of west coast Erythronium from seed in Oakland, and they were not easy to germinate. I seem to recall at 4 months of stratification, and that was for the coast range species (I think helenae, citrinum, and californicum). I'd be interested to hear of a better method... although I suppose it's academic now that I live in Texas. On the bright side, a mass of what I took to be unhappy Agapanthus in my new yard revealed itself as Hippeastrum x johnsonii last week, which I hear is a local passalong plant. Where there are Amaryllids, there is hope! Interestingly, it seems to bloom a month later in California: http://smgrowers.com/products/plants/… Best, Max Withers Austin TX On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 6:29 PM, richard <xerics@cox.net> wrote: > I'm happy for you. I have been trying to germinate seed for several years > now with nary a one. I thought that perhaps my winters were too warm so the > last batch spent a few months in the refrigerator at 40 degrees F. Still > nothing. Any Pointers? > > Richard Wagner > Vista CA > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] > On Behalf Of Kathleen Sayce > Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2013 2:24 PM > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: [pbs] fawn lily > > Erythronium revolutum, pink fawn lily, is widely distributed in western > north america. I have two different groups from wild collected seeds in my > yard, and the differences in bloom time are striking. The lowland-source > plants, 200 ft elevation, are in flower now. The mountain-source plants, > 2800 ft elevation, have just appeared above ground, and will probably > flower > in 3-4 weeks. The accidental plus is the extension of flowering period for > this species in my garden from these two very different collections. > > Also in flower now is E. tuolumnensem, bright yellow; about to open is E. > helenae, which has gone from upright to hooked bud over several weeks. > Several others have buds among the foliage, and are a few weeks from full > flowering, including E. oreganum. Dave Brastow gave me a seedling of this > species several years ago, and I'm very pleased that I have not managed to > kill it off. > > I am hoping for seeds this year from several clumps, and have already got > wire mesh protection in place to keep the deer from eating the developing > seed heads. > > The surprise this spring was finding a flowering Scoliopus hallii clump. I > had planted it years ago, it was eaten the next year, I assumed it was > dead, > but no, years later, it's growing well, producing offsets and flowering. > Plants are amazingly tough. > > Kathleen > > Kathleen Sayce > PNW Coast, WHZ 8, dryish cool summers & mild wet winters > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >