Thanks to Mary Sue for offering this grab-bag. Don't ignore it! When I moved 9 years ago, I sifted out all the bulbs that had seeded or otherwise moved into the plunge sand in my bulb frames, and just broadcast them in my new rock garden and the bare section that became the bulb lawn. I laid sod right over the latter area -- didn't even bother to turn the bulbs right side up. Plenty of nice surprises resulted, and nothing tried to take over. This summer I lifted a lot of excess from the part of my bulb house that is planted directly in a raised bed, and put a lot of miscellaneous bulbs into a roadside strip. Many of these are themids (Brodiaea, etc.), which will make a good succession with the daffodils now there. Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA On 9/17/2020 8:45 AM, Mary Sue Ittner via pbs wrote: > For many years now I have been gathering excess unknown bulbs and > planting them in a large pot. Remembering reading the huge number of > different species of bulbs that existed in Nieuwoudtville if you dug > up (I can't remember how many meters) I purchased some very large deep > plastic pots and planted a lot of bulbs in them. This resulted in a > long season of flowering in those pots with new species in flower when > others were finished. I suppose some people might consider it a bit > messy, but I found I could focus on what was in flower at the moment > and screen out the rest. Bulbs multiply as we know and eventually I > have to repot. I now have a lot of these unnamed bulbs and feel I have > enough community pots. These are winter growers, most of them South > African or California natives, so probably not hardy in a lot of > areas. Many I am sure are flowering size and others could flower next > year if not this year. Most of them are probably easily obtained and > I won't be able to tell you their original source. If you like > surprises and trying to identify unknown flowers that appear or are > interested in starting a community pot of your own, email me at > mailto:msittner@mcn.org and I'll send you some. > > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/…