Six feet tall and blooming in Portland: What is it?
Nathan Lange (Sat, 09 Jun 2018 19:44:26 PDT)

All the Drimia maritima that I've seen in Northern California usually
flower no earlier than July with plants in cooler locations closer to
the coast flowering as late as late September. The description of
"bulbinella" type flowers inflorescences in June suggests the much
earlier flowering Eremurus, although these don't fit the
"grapefuit-sized" bulb description.

Nathan

At 03:09 PM 6/9/2018, you wrote:

I clicked a photo of an absolutely stunning cluster of six-foot tall
blooming beauties this morning at the corner NE 28th and Siskiyou in
Portland. The homeowner happened to be outside, and was happy to
tell me about how he purchased one grapefruit-sized bulb several
years ago and planted it, and how it's been multiplying ever since.
He said he couldn't remember what it was called. I was thinking
bulbinella, but that genus is rhizomatous and probably can't survive
in this climate anyway.

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