Hi everyone I received 4 S. Madeirensis bulbs from Longfield Gardens mid November and I planted them in a cool place. In the last few days 3 of them have grown a middle spear about 10in long. I am in Minneapolis, we have -10F outside, and my pot won't go outside for a while yet. But I will keep you informed of the progress. However - I have a smaller, much smaller variety of what commonly we can "grape Hyacinth" - small blue flowers just like the SM - they bloom when there is still snow on the ground and stay green under the snow, about mid to late March. The spread from seeds - and there is no shortage of new bulbs, I actually have to clean up quite often, they spread in the walking path. I have not had a problem with them spreading. They are beautiful, even though they are small, and the bloom in bunches, that's how the bulbs grow from the seeds I imagine. I can share later in the season, when they are done blooming and I have to clean. I hope the 4 bulbs I have of SM will bloom Luminita On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 5:12 PM, Brian Whyer <brian.whyer@btinternet.com> wrote: > Hi Pamela > I have grown it from seed a few times. They seem to take a very long time > to ripen here in the UK. My seed pods formed at the end of last summer > (September/October) and I don't expect to collect them until next > April/May. The pods fill out over winter some getting 1 cm diameter+. Maybe > in a warmer climate they ripen more quickly but not in my 7C minimum > greenhouse. In their natural habitat they will be warm all "winter". Mine > get very top heavy and I wonder if they fall over and ripen and break up on > the ground naturally. > Brian UK > > From: Pamela Slate <myixia1@gmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Sent: Saturday, 13 January 2018, 21:56 > Subject: [pbs] Scilla madeirensis seed > > Dear PBSers, > My five S. madeirensis are all producing seed and the pods are ripening. > See attached (very amateurish) photo and note some of the pods are slightly > under one cm and each scape has a different number of pods. I have muslin > draw string bags I plan to place over the drying stems to catch the pods > and hopefully find much seed to share with the SX as well as grow myself. > Could anyone out there tell me when I need to cover the scapes and the > approximate time it takes for ripening is complete? > > Also, do any of you have experience growing this plant from seed and if so, > please share. > > Thanks so much for any information. > > Best to all, > Pamela Slate > Scottsdale Arizona USA Zone approx 9A-ish and warming > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: Sc.mad.seedpods.11218.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 236572 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > 20180113/f7e93821/attachment.jpg> > _______________________________________________ > 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/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…