so far. On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Nathan Lange <plantsman@comcast.net> wrote: > > Paul, > > California microclimates never cease to amaze. I wonder why your plants > flower so early. Do they flower about in April/May every year, never any > later? > > Nathan > > > At 12:18 PM 6/10/2018, you wrote: > >> Nathan >> I have both Merwilla and Drimia (which I still refer to as Urginea). They >> are completely different, The Merwill hasn't even sent up buds yet and >> looks entirely different. The Urginea have enormous bulbs, wider leaves >> and >> of course, the bulbs are entirely different. I've had the Urginea for >> 5yrs >> or more. Several started as relatively large bulbs and others from small >> offsets; all from Tim Gregory. His in Woodside do not bloom as early as >> mine in El Cerrito, The leaves are almost fully dried back now and will >> remain dormant. Some will get a little water because they're mixed with >> other stuff. For some reason, I never bothered to photograph the flowers. >> >> Paul >> >> On Sun, Jun 10, 2018 at 11:35 AM, Nathan Lange <plantsman@comcast.net> >> wrote: >> >> > >> > Hi Paul, >> > >> > Your plants sound very interesting and significantly deviate from >> anything >> > I've ever seen before. Do you have pictures? What is the source of your >> > plants? Approximately, when did the foliage die back this year? The >> foliage >> > on my non-irrigated plants was still green a month ago. >> > >> > The established colonies of bulbs in the Sacramento area (hot dry >> summers) >> > that I've seen consistently flower in late July into August. Plants in >> > cooler Sonoma County flower much later with the flowering times >> seemingly >> > correlated with when the foliage dies back. I have never seen a plant in >> > flower before July. >> > >> > Sometimes, I get one of the old names, Scilla maritima, mixed up with >> > Scilla natalensis (Merwilla plumbea) which, in my experience, better >> fits >> > the flowering time you described. Any possibility of that? I feel >> compelled >> > to ask because April/May flowering Drimia maritima is really unusual. >> > >> > Does anyone else grow Drimia maritima in California that flower before >> > June? >> > >> > Nathan >> > >> > >> > At 08:03 AM 6/10/2018, you wrote: >> > >> >> I have 6 or more in my Berkeley area garden. They are multiplying a bit >> >> too >> >> fast. All bloomed this year and blooming finished about a month ago. >> The >> >> leaves are now dying back. >> >> >> >> Paul >> >> >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…