Greetings, Dutch bulb companies offer Calochortus (C. venustus? hybrids?). Many species are easily grown from seed - and the seed itself stays viable for several years with proper storage. Your message comes at the wrong time for seed offerings (harvest is from late spring to early Fall) but there should certainly be come available in ~6-9 months. If you can acquire seed now, I would suggest waiting until the fall to sow seeds - Calochortus generally want cool, springtime temperatures to germinate. If you interest is foodstuff rather than flowers, a fast and large-growing species like C. albus or C. amabilis would be your best bet. These are also the most commonly available species as seed. -|<ipp ________________________________ From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org> on behalf of Khanh Duong via pbs <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2017 4:35 PM To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org Cc: Khanh Duong Subject: [pbs] Allowance & Availlability of Calochortus spp. and Psoralea esculenta (Breadroot) growing in the UK Dear All, I wish to pose a question, please: Do you know of the allowances (or otherwise) and availability to obtain, of the tubers and/or seeds for Calochortus species (especially C. aureus, C. gunnisonii, C. luteus, C. macrocarpus, C. nuttalli, C. tolmiei, C. venustus), and/or of Psoralea esculenta (Breadroot) (synonym Pediomelum esculentum), potentially for growing non-commercially in the UK? Are these restricted for import and/or for growing in the UK, or not? Who might supply tubers/seeds to enable them to be growing in the UK if import and growing is freely allowable? Given that both are said to have been 'staple' foods (at least for part of the seasonal round) by 'Native Americans', their potential for food, in addition to their own lovely characteristics anyway, is an additional thought. Thanks if you can advise, Chris.Location: Southern part of the UK.[the email address here used (in case it is visible to the group) is that of an acquaintance of mine, rather than my own personal email (which I no longer use)] _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php Pacific Bulb Society | List<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php> pacificbulbsociety.org The PBS List is an email discussion of bulbs, sponsored by the Pacific Bulb Society, for people around the world. Although bulbs (defined more broadly to include all ... http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ Welcome to the Pacific Bulb Society Wiki<http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/> pacificbulbsociety.org This guide was created by the members of the Pacific Bulb Society e-mail discussion list, a group of people from around the world who are interested in growing and ...