Jane, do you grow any tazetta hybrids? I wonder how they perform in Portland. Cheers, Vlad On Thu 22. Apr 2021 at 19:50 Jane McGary via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Like Carlos, I am interested mostly in wild taxa and their natural > hybrids. I grow Narcissus from wild-collected seed whenever I can get > it. Some in my collection were sown in the 1990s. I am sometimes at a > loss to know how to name them, owing to the fact that there are > competing sets of nomenclature, with the usual divide between "lumpers" > and "splitters," as well as disagreement on the affinities among > different wild populations. I just keep the identifications under which > I got the seed, unless I can clearly tell that it's wrong by all accounts. > > I live in the maritime Pacific Northwest in the Portland, Oregon, area, > which is very good for growing almost all kinds of Narcissus in the open > garden. Only the fall- and midwinter-flowering ones have to be kept > under cover. It's cold enough in the winter to suit species from higher > elevations, and dry enough in summer to please Mediterranean plants in > general. I've moved some of the larger, more prolific species into the > garden in separate areas. We've just had a terrible hot, dry week or so, > and the flowers have all suffered, but there are still some nice groups > of Narcissus carrying on. Narcissus poeticus is one of the later > species. There are good groups of Narcissus jonquilla and species > related to it, such as N. cordubensis and N. fernandesii, and I confess > I can't really tell them apart except perhaps on the basis of the > foliage. In a raised bed and a bulb lawn, the small species N. rupicola > and N. calcicola flourish. N. triandrus grows in several sites but I > think it's best on a cool rock garden. > > I also have a lot of commercial hybrid daffodils in a strip along the > roadside. They make a useful display and source of cutflowers, and my > theory is that they will decoy the bulb fly away from the precious > species. I haven't seen any signs of virus in these purchased bulbs, but > in a former garden I once received some bulbs of 'Quail' that were > clearly virus-infected. > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > > On 4/22/2021 5:25 AM, Carlos JimĂ©nez via pbs wrote: > > Hi, me. Mostly interested on wild taxa and hybrids. > > > > Carlos > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>