If Scilla natalensis has blue flowers, I will bite! Now, does anyone know of a good source? -Cynthia Mueller, College Station, Tx Sent from my iPhone On Sep 9, 2013, at 9:52 PM, "Roy Herold" <rherold@yahoo.com> wrote: > The recent discussion about the Home Depot urginea has me wondering if > they might be the cheapest bulb in the world, in terms of dollars per > kilogram (or pound)? Are the 'narcissus for naturalizing' cheaper? What > about 'alliums for eating'? > > Tubers/rhizomes excluded--potatoes, turnips, etc don't count... > > Slightly off topic, is it possible that Cynthia's blue urginea might be > Scilla natalensis (Merwilla plumbaea)? These bulbs can certainly get to > a similar size, and have nice blue flowers. > > --Roy > NW of Boston > Where lots of cheap cyclamen are blooming (never paid more than ten > cents for a seed), and where Scilla natalensis (free seeds) will > probably never bloom... > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/