There are seeds available here : http://rareplants.es/shop/prodtype.asp/… and they are shipping to USA. Regards Peter Tallbo Sweden 2018-01-25 21:46 GMT+01:00 James Waddick <jwaddick@kc.rr.com>: > Dear PBS friends, > > Thanks again for the wide range of commentary on this tuberous > plant. I may have too extreme weather to grow this in the summer here > where we regularly reach 100 F during the day and stay above 80 F over > night. Even if dormant. > > My Greenhouse stayts above freezing, but on a day like today it > was in the mid 40s over night and approaching 90 on this mild sunny > afternoon. > > Then there’s finding a plant. Yes Annie’s Annuals lists it, but > unlike locals who can drive by, their $15 plant has an added $20 shipping > making it a $35 lottery ticket that sounds less likely all the time. > > And finding a plant or seeds is very iffy seeming after a google > search. Maybe it will appear on the Seed x or bulb x one day. > > Many thanks for all the input and cultural details. > Best Jim W. > > > > > > > > On Jan 25, 2018, at 1:28 PM, Matt Mattus <mmattus@charter.net> wrote: > > I know, a bit off topic but worth mentioning. Move to another thread if > necc. > > Finding Canarina seed can be challenging. > > Note this: > > Guerney’s was purchased 2001 by US owned ‘Garden’s Alive’, a catalog > aggregator based in Kansas. Gardens Alive is the same company that > purchased the owned the American T&M which they purchased outright from the > UK firm in 2009 when they spun it off. > > Gardens Alive have since dissolved the US brand T&M, while the UK T&M > remains a different company, shipping only to the EU. > > Worth noting that Garden’s Alive also own a library of other former seed > and nursery companies we were once familiar with including Weeks Roses, > Brecks, Guerney, Henry Fields, Michigan Bulbs, Spring Hill, to name a few > as well as Audubon Workshop catalog. > > Park Seed Co. after going bankrupt was purchased by Blackstreet Capital in > 2010. > A company that purchases out of favor or underperforming industries and > attempts to turn them around. I can’t imagine that they have been able to > turn around the company, but if they did, I imagine that it would be a > rather different company today than it was 30 years ago. > > > Parks too was bought out by a > > On 1/25/18, 1:04 PM, "pbs on behalf of oooOIOooo via pbs" < > pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net on behalf of > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > Both Park Seed and Thompson & Morgan used to carry this seed, but no > longer. > > I have not visited either company's Web site in several years. I was > saddened to see both declining severely. The US division of T&M was sold to > a catalog aggregator in 2009. The British Web site has a tiny link at the > bottom to the US Web site, which now redirects to Gurney's. Gurney's is a > fine company, but it is targeted at beginning growers who want what is most > popular. Park Seed has cut its inventory, and seems to be headed down the > spiral of only selling what moves fastest, which drives away customers > looking for rarer things, which leads to fewer things selling in high > numbers, which leads to more things being dropped from inventory.... > > Leo Martin > Phoenix Arizona USA > Zone 9? > > Sent with [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.com/) Secure Email. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Dr. James Waddick > 8871 NW Brostrom Rd > Kansas City, MO 64152-2711 > USA > Phone 816-746-1949 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…