Z. atamasco (was Sternbergia and Zephyranthes)

Z. atamasco (was Sternbergia and Zephyranthes)
J.E. Shields (Sun, 27 Oct 2013 13:44:30 PDT)

I have been treating Z. simpsonii the same as my atamascos, with similar
results. That may not be the optimum way to handle them, but it has so far
sufficed to give me at least a few blooms on simpsonii.

Jim S.

At 09:34 AM 10/28/2013 +1300, you wrote:

Thank you Nick and Jim, I have had problems growing Z. atamasco, but it
is the spring wet bit I didn't know. I have managed to get one to
flowering stage from seed, but it was nothing short of a miracle to me.
It is in the detail the difference lies, wet in spring.

Should have better chance now with the seed of my one and only.

What about Z. simpsonii? Does that have a detail I am missing in the wet
part? Like Z. atamasco, I have managed to get one to flower. But only
the one.

Ina

Ina Crossley
Auckland New Zealand zone 10a

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