Hi Mark, I would be interested in any seed you might have to offer for sure! Thank you, Mark > On Sep 25, 2020, at 12:54 PM, Mark Mazer via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > I naturalized a bunch of pink rain lilies in a swale in the front lawn 14 > years ago, mixed parentage... rosea, grandiflora, x floryii.... labels long > lost. They bloom reliably multiple times and are pleasantly spready. I can > look for seed now if you are interested but it is the end of the season so > no guarantees. But, if you remind me next Spring... > > Mark Mazer > Hertford, NC > >> On Fri, Sep 25, 2020 at 11:51 AM mark akimoff via pbs < >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I work for a Historic Garden Conservancy dedicated to preserving the legacy >> of the first two female landscape Architects to start a firm in Oregon in >> the 1930's, Elizabeth Lord and Edith Schryver. One of their earliest >> designs from 1929, recommended planting Pink Rain Lilies, in front of >> Heliotrope as a foil for the roses in a parterre planting for a garden in >> Tacoma, Washington. >> >> The combination sounded pretty stunning so I set out to recreate this >> design, obtaining Zephyranthes rosea and Zephyranthes grandiflora from >> several different commercial online bulb sources. I planted these in May, >> along with several flats of Heliotrope 'Marine'. Several flowers appeared >> immediately and I thought if this keeps up it will be a stunning sight. But >> that ended up being all the flowers that showed on the rain lilies. I tried >> trying drying the rain lilies out for a few weeks at a time, while trying >> to keep the Heliotrope looking good and then introducing more water but no >> blooms. Now the fall rains have started in earnest and still no blooms on >> the rain lilies. >> >> So i'm wondering if anyone with more experience with Zephryranthes would >> have any recommendations about how to get better summer blooms with those >> two selections? Or is there a better one to try? I have seedlings going of >> Z. morrisclintii and and some small offsets of Z. 'labuffarosea' from one >> of the exchanges but they are years away from making a show in the garden. >> >> I have some bulb catalogs from the 1930's and they list Zephyranthes >> robustus, with the following description "Large, bright pink flowers >> appearing in late summer on 6-8" stems. foliage during winter and spring. >> The flowers are long enough to be useful for cutting. It's adaptability to >> culture in pots, rock gardens, and borders makes it a very useful member of >> a well known group" >> >> Any tips or tricks to recreating this floral show would be much >> appreciated? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mark >> Garden Manager/Curator >> The Lord and Schryver Conservancy >> Salem, Oregon >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/…