Sarah, I second Paul's suggestion & recommend you plan on spending the day because there's so much to see. The volunteers are extremely knowledgeable & willing to help. Karl Church Dinuba zone 9b On Jan 6, 2015 7:09 AM, "Paul LICHT" <plicht@berkeley.edu> wrote: > Sarah > The UC Botanical Garden in Berkeley has a very large South African > collection with many bulbs. The winter growing species are now coming into > full leaf. Some are already in bloom and others should start blooming early > spring spring. Summer blooms occur thereafter. As a bonus, you'll get to > see bulbs from all other places in the world. > > Paul. > > -- > Paul Licht, Director > University of California Botanical Garden > 200 Centennial Drive > Berkeley, CA 94720 > (510)-643-8999http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu > > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 9:07 PM, Sarah Hinckley <sarahh@suiattle.net> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I am new to PBS and have gotten interested in trying to grow South > African > > bulbs (in my greenhouse). I'm hoping that this group, with all it's > > knowledge and experience might perhaps be able to help me out from time > to > > time as I try to figure out what I am doing! > > > > I hear that there are some good collections of South African bulbs in > > California. Can you tell me where they are and when the best time to go > > is? I'm particularly interested, at this point, in Moraeas and > > Geissorhizas, but I'd like to see whatever I can. > > > > thanks so much, > > > > Sarah Hinckley > > Seattle, Z8 > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ >