I live in Massachusetts. I had never even heard of this plant, Urginea maritima. I know quite a lot about irises and something about Narcissus and joined the pbs to find plant sources for my other garden, the one on the Yucatan peninsula in southern Mexico. I looked up photos of Urginea maritima, which show it to be a pretty spectacular plant. No way is it going to grow outdoors in Massachusetts, where tonight it is 40° F with fog and spitting cold rain. All we want to do is drink stuff that is bad for the liver and go to bed early amd hibernate until spring. That mentioned, we had a bear walking around the yard yesterday. It´´s unclear that Urginea would be happy on the Yucatan peninsula, where the ground is alkaline, most of the rain appears in the sultry summer, and where winter is pretty dry and just paradise, with the nicest people you could ever meet. I love the photos of large groups of Urginea making their tall, white flames of flowers. Where I live in Massachusetts, I make a similar effect by growing a Bugbane patch. My recommendation for gardeners who can´t grow Urginea is Bugbane, though it isn´t even a bulb. It makes very tall white spikes. Leaves can be green or black, depending on how much money you want to spend. The plant is perennial and multiplies without fuss. Perhaps it isn´t sporting to mention a plant that isn´t a bulb, but I´ll bet that very few of you grow only bulbs. Please pardon my general cluelessness about bulbs. I´ll know more next year, after I have grown some in Mexico (I love Zephyranthes) and some on my windowsill in Massachusetts. Jane On 30/11/2016 06:56 p. m., pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote: > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: pbs Digest, Vol 166, Issue 12 (Brad M) > 2. Re: SEED VIABILITY (Leo Martin) > 3. ebb and flow (Mike Rummerfield) > 4. Re: pbs Digest, Vol 166, Issue 13 (Jean Moore) > 5. Re: ebb and flow (Jane McGary) > 6. Re: ebb and flow (Garak) > 7. Fw: PBS website contact:///Urginea/ maritima bulbs (Eugene Zielinski) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 22:56:19 +0000 > From: Brad M <bbbradm@hotmail.com> > To: "pbs@lists.ibiblio.org" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] pbs Digest, Vol 166, Issue 12 > Message-ID: > <MEXPR01MB172030F80A04C8BDC80C299EB78B0@MEXPR01MB1720.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > 934 Eucomis zambesiaca; FT > 926 Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus; > 02 Bloomeria crocea; JM > 867 Scilla hyacinthoides; LJ > > > please > > > Brad Mayger > > 43 Bluegum Drive > > MARSDEN QLD 4132 > > AUSTRALIA > > > > > ________________________________ > From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org> on behalf of pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org <pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org> > Sent: Friday, 25 November 2016 5:29 PM > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: pbs Digest, Vol 166, Issue 12 > > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > pbs -- Pacific Bulb Society - lists.ibiblio.org Mailing Lists<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php> > lists.ibiblio.org > Pacific Bulb Society Mailing List Welcome to an Internet discussion forum on bulbs, sponsored by the Pacific Bulb Society, for people around the world. > > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Pacific Bulb Society SX 7 (ds429@frontier.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2016 12:26:03 -0500 > From: <ds429@frontier.com> > To: pbs <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: [pbs] Pacific Bulb Society SX 7 > Message-ID: <49968.5036.bm@smtp225.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear PBS members, > > The seeds listed below have been donated by our members and friends to > be shared. > > If you are interested in obtaining some of these seeds, **please email > me PRIVATELY at:** > mailto:ds429@frontier.com > > Please put "SX 7" in the subject line. > > YOU MAY REQUEST ONLY ONE PACKET OF ANY ITEM. SPECIFY THE ITEM NUMBER, > AND LIST THOSE NUMBERS IN NUMERICAL ORDER. > > Depending on my time, I may or may not reply to your order. > > Please also include your shipping address (even if you've provided it > previously). When you receive your seeds, you will find, enclosed, a > statement of what you owe the PBS treasurer > ($2.00 US per packet of #?s 894 ? 992), ($1.00 US per packet of earlier #?s) > (+ shipping and handling). > > Many of you are signed up to the PBS email discussion list, which is > free, but are not members of the Pacific Bulb Society which has a yearly > membership charge. ONLY PBS MEMBERS MAY PARTICIPATE IN THIS SX. If you > are not a member, please consider joining so that you can participate in > future offers such as this one. Go to: > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/ > for membership information. > > Thank you to all of our generous donors! > > 813 Albuca aff. flaccida (a volunteer); MSW > 814 Allium cernuum; NN > 816 Bellevalia dubia ex Greece; NM > 820 Camassia quamash; NN > 821 Colchicum sp. mixed, OP; AT > 824 Crocus goulimyi, ex Greece; NM > 826 Crocus tommasinianus 'Pictus'; RdV > 828 Dahlia 'Bishop's Children'; DK > 831 Freesia laxa; ME > 847 Iris lutescens, ex S. France; NM > 848 Iris pumila, ex Georgia; NM > 850 Massonia "echinata", ex NARGS OP; RdV > 851 Massonia "pustulata" ex BX 337 OP; RdV > 852 Massonia hyb. aff. pustulata, ex NARGS; RdV > 853 Muscari aucheri; NM > 855 Muscari pseudomuscari ex Iran (Pseudomuscari chalusicum); NM > 858 Nothoscordum gracile var. macrostemon; RdV > 859 Nothoscordum sp. ex Harry Hay; NM > 860 Ornithogalum albomarginatum; MSW > 864 Polyxena corymbosa (Lachenalia); LJ > 867 Scilla hyacinthoides; LJ > 869 Scilla melaina ex Turkey; NM > 872 Scilla siberica 'Alba'; RdV > 877 Sinningia cardinalis, ex BX; RdV > > > > 894 Acis ionica; AP > 895 Albuca sp., yellow; RW > 896 Allium myrianthum, ex Ruksans, tall, 4" drumstick, July; RdV > 897 Allium sp., ex Chiapas; NN > 898 Androcymbium rechingeri; AP > 899 Babiana ecklonii; DF > 900 Babiana 'Jim's Choice', ex Jim Duggan; DF > 901 Babiana pulchra, white; DF > 902 Bloomeria crocea; JM > 903 Brodiaea californica ; JB > 904 Brodiaea elegans ; JB > 905 Calochortus albus; RW > 906 Calochortus amabilis; RW > 907 Calochortus clavatus subsp. clavatus; JM > 908 Calochortus clavatus subsp. gracilis; JM > 909 Calochortus dunnii; JM > 910 Calochortus howellii; JM > 911 Calochortus longibarbatus; JM > 912 Calochortus luteus; JB > 913 Calochortus nudus; RW > 914 Calochortus obispoensis; JM > 915 Calochortus simulans; JM > 916 Calochortus superbus; JB > 917 Calochortus venustus, red; RW > 918 Calochortus venustus, typical form; NN > 919 Calochortus venustus, white; JB > 920 Calochortus venustus, white; RW > 921 Calochortus weedii var. intermedius; RW > 922 Calochortus weedii var. weedii, brown edge; RW > 923 Calochortus weedii var. weedii, yellow; RW > 924 Calydorea amabilis; NN > 925 Chlorophytum saundersiae; AG > 926 Cyrtanthus brachyscyphus; NN > 927 Delphinium cardinale; JB > 928 Dichelostemma capitatum; JB > 929 Dichelostemma ida-maia; JB > 930 Dichelostemma multiflorum ; JB > 931 Dierama pendulum; CP > 932 Dierama pulcherrimum; CP > 933 Erythronium revolutum; JJ > 934 Eucomis zambesiaca; FT > 935 Freesia laxa subsp. azurea, less hardy than F. l. subsp. laxa; MR > 936 Freesia laxa; CP > 937 Fritillaria affinis; RW > 938 Gelasine coerulea, OP; NN > 939 Gelasine elongata; AP > 940 Gladiolius carneus, pink; AP > 941 Gladiolus carinatus; AP > 942 Gladiolus equitans; AP > 943 Gladiolus pritzellii; NN > 944 Gladiolus splendens; AP > 945 Gladiolus venustus; AP > 946 Gladiolus watermeyerii; AP > 947 Habranthus robustus; RdV > 948 Habranthus tubispathus; NN > 949 Herbertia lahue; NN > 950 Herbertia pulchella; NN > 951 Hippeastrum 'Exotica', selfed; SV > 952 Iris cycloglossa; AP > 953 Ixia 'Giant'; DF > 954 Kniphofia citrina; CP > 955 Lilium chalcedonicum; AP > 956 Mirabilis longiflora; JG > 957 Moraea bellendenii; RW > 958 Moraea britteniae; AP > 959 Moraea ciliata, tall blue; RW > 960 Moraea ciliata, white; RW > 961 Moraea gigandra; DF > 962 Moraea marlothii; AP > 963 Moraea polyanthus; RW > 964 Moraea pritzeliana; AP > 965 Moraea tulbaghensis; RW > 966 Moraea vegeta; RW > 967 Moraea vespertina; RW > 968 Narcissus broussonetii; AP > 969 Narcissus rupicola; JM > 970 Nectaroscordum tripedale; AP > 971 Oziroe biflora; JM > 972 Paeonia lactiflora, single pink, white, red; RdV > 973 Romulea eximia; AP > 974 Romulea monadelpha; AP > 975 Romulea requienii; AP > 976 Sprekelia formosissima; NN > 977 Thalictrum tuberosum; JM > 978 Triteleia hyacinthina; JB > 979 Triteleia ixioides; JB > 980 Triteleia laxa; JB > 981 Tritileia clementina, OP; NN > 982 Veltheimia bracteata; DF > 983 Wachendorfia thyrsiflora; CP > 984 Zephyranthes drummondii, white; BH > 985 Zephyranthes flavissima, OP; NN > 986 Zephyranthes katheriniae, red; RdV > 987 Zephyranthes 'Krakatoa'; NN > 988 Zephyranthes magnoi, ex Telos; RdV > 989 Zephyranthes minima; RdV > 990 Zephyranthes pulchella, dk yellow; RdV > 991 Zephyranthes smallii, pale yellow; RdV > 992 Zephyrathes primulina, ex Makela; RdV > > > > > > > > AG = Alberto Grossi > AP = Angelo Porcelli > BH = Bob Hoel > CP = Charles Powne > DF = Dee Foster > FT = Fred Thorne > JB = Jim Barton > JG = Judy Glattstein > JJ = Jan Jeddeloh > JM = Jane McGary > MR = Mike Rummerfield > NN = Nhu Nguyen > RdV = Rimmer de Vries > RW = Robert Werra > SV = Sabrina Vollnhals > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > ------------------------------ > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 166, Issue 12 > ************************************ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 17:07:05 -0700 > From: Leo Martin <stnalpsoel@gmail.com> > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: Re: [pbs] SEED VIABILITY > Message-ID: > <CAJd4X_phBg0+4Cwz=u17HEs88RF4OxbHC_ZPfrCV+RhzaeJpRA@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Sylvia asked > >> Does anyone know of a list by genera, at least, of viability times for > stored seed? > > I bought 100 seeds of Adansonia gregorii in the late 1990s. This is now > renamed to something else I can't recall. It is the one baobab native to > Australia, and grows in arid regions. I planted a fair amount of it when it > had just arrived, gave some to friends, and forgot the remainder in a > drawer. I discovered and planted what was left into a 5-gallon pot 6 years > ago. They are still sprouting. One came up just a few weeks ago. > > Leo Martin > Zone 9? > Phoenix Arizona USA > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 18:49:56 -0800 > From: Mike Rummerfield <mikerumm@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: [pbs] ebb and flow > Message-ID: > <CACvUPLcmZfVz2jnqWS2uejF_qn5D=E5WwpdPfK9tgeaYchE2UA@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > As hope ebbs this is one of the places I get my flow. As of today: > > Narcissus minor 'Cedric Morris' (bulbs bought from Rick Lupp many years > ago) has opened its blossoms in the unheated hoop house; > N. romieuxii 'Julia Jane' has budded and and first bloom opened today > (this has always been a shy bloomer for me); > Nothoscordum sellowianum opened its first sunny blossom two days before > Thanksgiving, many more to come; > Oxalis glabra is unfurling its bright blossoms on occasion of the few hours > (literally) of sun we've had, and as quickly furls them up again, very > intricately, with cloud cover, also in hoop house. > > Polyxena (Lachenalia) ensifolia and P. longituba are both long passed their > bloom stage, but enjoying the ensifolia foliage and watching the longituba > foliage elongate. > > Galanthus reginae-olgae is in full bloom in both sun and shade. > > All of the above are in pots, except the Galanthus. They get no water > what-so -ever while dormant, although the Nothoscordum does seem to do > better with some minimal summer moisture. > > We are over a month past our historical first frost date in my location in > western Washington. I have to admit I find it worrisome. It has, however, > allowed the Clivia to remain outdoors, under cover, for later than usual, > for more winter chill. > > Peace to all, > Mike > Washington State > USA > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 22:54:34 -0500 > From: Jean Moore <jean-moore@atlanticbb.net> > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > Subject: Re: [pbs] pbs Digest, Vol 166, Issue 13 > Message-ID: <7c755e37-492e-8970-51c5-c6713b44929c@atlanticbb.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > > > On 11/27/2016 5:46 PM, pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org wrote: >> Send pbs mailing list submissions to pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php or, via email, send a > > message with subject or body 'help' to pbs-request@lists.ibiblio.org > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > pbs-owner@lists.ibiblio.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject > line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > Today's > Topics: > > 1. Re: Pacific Bulb Society SX 7 (Ceridwen Lloyd) 2. Re: > Pacific > Bulb Society SX 7 (David Pilling) 3. Re: Pacific Bulb Society > SX 7 > (patty allen) 4. SEED VIABILITY (Sylvia Sykora) 5. Re: SEED > VIABILITY > (Jane McGary) 6. Re: SEED VIABILITY (Bill Richardson) 7. Re: > SEED > VIABILITY (Jim McKenney) 8. Re: pbs Digest, Vol 166, Issue 12 > (Brad > M) > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Message: 1 >> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2016 00:23:40 +1030 From: Ceridwen Lloyd > <ceridwen@internode.on.net> To: Pacific Bulb Society > > <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Subject: Re: [pbs] Pacific Bulb Society SX 7 > > Message-ID: <5AB6770A-3992-41B4-A67E-D277030B7AF7@internode.on.net> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi, Please re-send, > thanks (I only got part of it) Thanks > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 26 > Nov. 2016, at 3:56 am, <ds429@frontier.com> >> <ds429@frontier.com> > wrote: >> >> Dear PBS members, >> >> The seeds listed below have been > donated by our members and >> friends to be shared. >> >> If you are > interested in obtaining some of these seeds, **please >> email me > PRIVATELY at:** mailto:ds429@frontier.com >> >> Please put "SX 7" in the > subject line. >> >> YOU MAY REQUEST ONLY ONE PACKET OF ANY ITEM. SPECIFY > THE ITEM >> NUMBER, AND LIST THOSE NUMBERS IN NUMERICAL ORDER. >> >> > Depending on my time, I may or may not reply to your order. >> >> Please > also include your shipping address (even if you've provided >> it > previously). When you receive your seeds, you will find, >> enclosed, a > statement of what you owe the PBS treasurer ($2.00 US >> per packet of > #?s 894 ? 992), ($1.00 US per packet of earlier #?s) >> (+ shipping and > handling). >> >> Many of you are signed up to the PBS email discussion > list, which >> is free, but are not members of the Pacific Bulb Society > which has >> a yearly membership charge. ONLY PBS MEMBERS MAY > PARTICIPATE IN >> THIS SX. If you are not a member, please consider > joining so that >> you can participate in future offers such as this > one. Go to: >> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/ for membership > information. >> >> Thank you to all of our generous donors! >> >> 813 > Albuca aff. flaccida (a volunteer); MSW 814 Allium >> cernuum; NN > 816 Bellevalia dubia ex Greece; NM 820 Camassia >> quamash; NN > 821 Colchicum sp. mixed, OP; AT 824 Crocus >> goulimyi, ex Greece; > NM 826 Crocus tommasinianus 'Pictus'; RdV >> 828 Dahlia 'Bishop's > Children'; DK 831 Freesia laxa; ME 847 >> Iris lutescens, ex S. > France; NM 848 Iris pumila, ex Georgia; NM >> 850 Massonia > "echinata", ex NARGS OP; RdV 851 Massonia >> "pustulata" ex BX 337 > OP; RdV 852 Massonia hyb. aff. pustulata, >> ex NARGS; RdV 853 > Muscari aucheri; NM 855 Muscari >> pseudomuscari ex Iran > (Pseudomuscari chalusicum); NM 858 >> Nothoscordum gracile var. > macrostemon; RdV 859 Nothoscordum sp. >> ex Harry Hay; NM 860 > Ornithogalum albomarginatum; MSW 864 >> Polyxena corymbosa (Lachenalia); > LJ 867 Scilla hyacinthoides; LJ >> 869 Scilla melaina ex Turkey; > NM 872 Scilla siberica 'Alba'; >> RdV 877 Sinningia cardinalis, ex > BX; RdV >> >> >> >> 894 Acis ionica; AP 895 Albuca sp., yellow; RW > 896 Allium >> myrianthum, ex Ruksans, tall, 4" drumstick, July; RdV > 897 Allium >> sp., ex Chiapas; NN 898 Androcymbium r > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2016 > 17:20:13 +0000 From: David Pilling > <david@davidpilling.com> To: > Pacific Bulb Society > <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Subject: Re: [pbs] > Pacific Bulb Society SX 7 > Message-ID: > <3afe500e-208a-75ec-ab78-bff7befc0236@davidpilling.com> > Content-Type: > text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Hi, > > On 26/11/2016 > 13:53, Ceridwen Lloyd wrote: >> Please re-send, thanks (I only got part > of it) > > See the list archive: > > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbslist/… > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > or >>> https://goo.gl/b4m51B/ > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 17:57:45 -0800 > From: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] ebb and flow > Message-ID: <b168f7eb-f70e-64c9-b7b3-69103affe917@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > On 11/27/2016 6:49 PM, Mike Rummerfield wrote: >> We are over a month past our historical first frost date in my location in >> western Washington. I have to admit I find it worrisome. It has, however, >> allowed the Clivia to remain outdoors, under cover, for later than usual, >> for more winter chill. >> > The same is true in western Oregon. Some shrubs that usually flower in > late winter are in bloom now (Camellia japonica, Jasminum nudiflorum). > > The fall-blooming Galanthus in the garden here finished a month ago. I > think the only bulbs in flower in the open garden are Narcissus > cantabricus and Crocus tournefortii, and a few Cyclamen. All the other > fall crocuses in the bulb house are finished, but there are a couple of > colchicums open and the interesting Androcymbium europaeum. In the seed > shed, more Narcissus species have re-emerged in their second year, which > seems early. Despite the lack of frost I moved tender species in pots > into the garage under lights, and Cyclamen cyprium is flowering nicely > there. > > Jane McGary > Portland, Oregon, USA > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 05:18:12 +0100 > From: Garak <garak@code-garak.de> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Subject: Re: [pbs] ebb and flow > Message-ID: <e831e644-0eba-c8c5-7848-4518c9f06bd2@code-garak.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > For middle Europe, it's the other way round: after three (?) very mild > Winters, we seem to be back to a normal one - which now feels > unreasonable cruel with -6?C in nights end of November, i fear the > worst (that would be -20?C around here) for January or February. > > Right now I've got the zone 8 candidates in pots in the unheated but > rather bright garage. Moraea polystachya is struggling to open her > flowers - she seems to need more light, so I try to put her out in the > sun for a few hours whenever I can - which is limited to the weekends > and the last few days, while I'm recovering from tonsillitis. My > Kniphofia sarmentosa is about to produce her first inflorescence, less > than 2 years from seed - I really hope the garage offers enough > protection. She already had some -2?C frosts a few nights ago still on > the outside, so think everything will be fine... > > Bomarea edulis, on the other hand, still flowers in the garage - I > expected it to die down for lightless winter storage weeks ago when I > stopped watering, but she insists on being beautiful.... > > Martin, > southern Germany > > Am 30.11.2016 um 02:57 schrieb Jane McGary: >> On 11/27/2016 6:49 PM, Mike Rummerfield wrote: >>> We are over a month past our historical first frost date in my >>> location in >>> western Washington. I have to admit I find it worrisome. It has, >>> however, >>> allowed the Clivia to remain outdoors, under cover, for later than >>> usual, >>> for more winter chill. >>> >> The same is true in western Oregon. Some shrubs that usually flower in >> late winter are in bloom now (Camellia japonica, Jasminum nudiflorum). >> >> The fall-blooming Galanthus in the garden here finished a month ago. I >> think the only bulbs in flower in the open garden are Narcissus >> cantabricus and Crocus tournefortii, and a few Cyclamen. All the other >> fall crocuses in the bulb house are finished, but there are a couple >> of colchicums open and the interesting Androcymbium europaeum. In the >> seed shed, more Narcissus species have re-emerged in their second >> year, which seems early. Despite the lack of frost I moved tender >> species in pots into the garage under lights, and Cyclamen cyprium is >> flowering nicely there. >> >> Jane McGary >> Portland, Oregon, USA >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >> http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >