Thanks for promoting the Les Hannibal/Marcelle Shepard crinum bulbispermums. I have some originally from Marcelle, and marvel at their toughness. Sometimes they are in flower at Christmas (here in Central Texas). Their blue-green leaves are also not bothered by snails. Never know what you might get: this year a seedling flowered for the first time and it was a much deeper rose pink than usual. Sometimes there are tan-striped individuals, too. -Cynthia Mueller Cynthia W Mueller On Jun 30, 2017, at 12:07 PM, James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com<mailto:jwaddick@kc.rr.com>> wrote: Dear Friends, I have extolled the virtues of this South African bulb for years after receiving seeds from the late Marcelle Sheppard's Crinum Garden. Her plants came direct from the late Les Hannibal. This bulb has been hardy in Kansas City MO (Zone 5/6) for decades with NO extra care (with some need to establish young plants). NO CARE. It takes temps to -20 F in winter and over 100 F in summer, drought and flooding rains. It blooms every year. Yet Crinums remain somewhat ‘lost’ as tender S. African delicate beau ties. I have donated hundreds of seeds to PBS to the extant that they have exceeded demands. But that doesn’t stop me. I’d gladly donate a pound of large seed to the PBS Seed Ex if there is a demand. Seed germinates very rapidly so need immediate distribution. If there is demand let Arnold know and I’ll send him seeds. If only a handful are interested, I’ll send individual seeds for return postage (US ONLY). After growing ‘Jumbo’ for years I now grow about a dozen other species and cvs equally easiy and hardy. What have you got to loose? Best Jim W. Dr. James Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd Kansas City, MO 64152-2711 USA Phone 816-746-1949 _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body dir="auto"> <div>Thanks for promoting the Les Hannibal/Marcelle Shepard crinum bulbispermums. I have some originally from Marcelle, and marvel at their toughness. Sometimes they are in flower at Christmas (here in Central Texas). Their blue-green leaves are also not bothered by snails. Never know what you might get: this year a seedling flowered for the first time and it was a much deeper rose pink than usual. Sometimes there are tan-striped individuals, too. -Cynthia Mueller<br> <br> Cynthia W Mueller</div> <div><br> On Jun 30, 2017, at 12:07 PM, James Waddick <<a href="mailto:jwaddick@kc.rr.com">jwaddick@kc.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br> <br> </div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div><span style="font-size: 22px;" class="">Dear Friends,</span> <div style="font-size: 22px;" class=""><br class=""> </div> <div style="font-size: 22px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:///pre/"></span>I have extolled the virtues of this South African bulb for years after receiving seeds from the late Marcelle Sheppard's Crinum Garden. Her plants came direct from the late Les Hannibal. This bulb has been hardy in Kansas City MO (Zone 5/6) for decades with NO extra care (with some need to establish young plants). NO CARE.</div> <div style="font-size: 22px;" class=""><br class=""> </div> <div style="font-size: 22px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:///pre/"></span>It takes temps to -20 F in winter and over 100 F in summer, drought and flooding rains. It blooms every year. Yet Crinums remain somewhat ‘lost’ as tender S. African delicate beau ties. </div> <div style="font-size: 22px;" class=""><br class=""> </div> <div style="font-size: 22px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:///pre/"></span>I have donated hundreds of seeds to PBS to the extant that they have exceeded demands. But that doesn’t stop me.</div> <div style="font-size: 22px;" class=""><br class=""> </div> <div style="font-size: 22px;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:///pre/"></span>I’d gladly donate a pound of large seed to the PBS Seed Ex if there is a demand. Seed germinates very rapidly so need immediate distribution. If there is demand let Arnold know and I’ll send him seeds. If only a handful are interested, I’ll send individual seeds for return postage (US ONLY).</div> <div style="font-size: 22px;" class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 22px;"></span><span style="font-size: 22px;" class="">After growing ‘Jumbo’ for years I now grow about a dozen other species and cvs equally easiy and hardy. What have you got to loose? </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 22px;"> </span></div> <div class=""><br class=""> </div> <div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 22px;"></span><span style="font-size: 22px;" class="">Best</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; font-size: 22px;"> </span><span style="font-size: 22px;" class="">Jim W. </span><br style="font-size: 22px;" class=""> <br class=""> <br class=""> <br style="font-size: 22px;" class=""> <div style="font-size: 22px;" class=""> <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""> Dr. James Waddick<br class=""> 8871 NW Brostrom Rd<br class=""> Kansas City, MO 64152-2711<br class=""> USA<br class=""> Phone 816-746-1949<br class=""> <br class=""> <br class=""> <br class=""> <br class=""> </div> </div> <br class=""> </div> </div> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite"> <div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br> <span>pbs mailing list</span><br> <span><a href="mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net">pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net</a></span><br> <span><a href="http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…">http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…</a></span><br> </div> </blockquote> </body> </html> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…