In 2013, I bought a pound of Camas Lily seed from an Oregon grower. I spread it carefully over the mountainside where our cabin was being built. Then along came a massive spring melt the next year and washed the seed down the hillside. Last year, to my delight, I spotted the lilies coming up, albeit most of them did not flower yet. This year, it is a different story. I have multiple lilies flowering in the ditches and hillside where they stopped and grew. I discover more almost every week, under shaded pines and firs, and even in my current native flower garden, one here, one there. I plan to plant a large number of bulbs this fall to spread the bloom. Leslye On Fri, May 22, 2020, 8:01 AM Cody H via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Here are some photos of C. leichtlinii blooming now in my garden, including > one white one for good measure. I also have a pink form of this species, > not currently in bloom. > > Judy, you are in New Jersey, correct? It’s surprising to me that camas > species from the (semi)arid west even survive in that climate, much less do > so for over a decade. So perhaps that might help explain the lack of > multiplying? There are also some species from East of the Rockies that I’m > not familiar with: C. angustata and C. scilloides. > > On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 3:51 PM Judy Glattstein via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > The earliest digital image I have of the camassia in question is from > > 2009. So it is long lived but not multiplying to any great extent. Here > > is an image from 2017 where the lower flowers have gone over and seed > > capsules are swelling. It does not look to me as if the withering tepals > > are clasping anything much. Jane McGary, is the image of any help? > > > > It is the only camassia in my garden. The bulb has apparently divided, > > as there are two "twinned" growing points / flower stalks. A handsome > > bulb, to be sure. > > > > Judy in now partially sunny, somewhat cloudy New Jersey. Today did not > > see my good intentions vis-a-vis potting canna actually happen. But > > there is always tomorrow. Plus the dormant eucomis in the basement are > > pushing up pale little nubbins of growth. They may have to be satisfied > > with top-dressing rather than all out repotting this year. > > > > > > > > -- > > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > > https://www.avast.com/antivirus/ > > -------------- next part -------------- > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > Name: BelleWood in Bloom_2017-05_Camassia leichtlinii Alba.jpg > > Type: image/jpeg > > Size: 114601 bytes > > Desc: not available > > URL: < > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: IMG_6803.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 2276153 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: IMG_6800.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 1919296 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: IMG_6802.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 2099613 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: IMG_6801.jpg > Type: image/jpeg > Size: 2254313 bytes > Desc: not available > URL: < > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: 20200521_192322.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3917543 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/pipermail/pbs/…> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…
