Stinky Bulb Now in Flower
Steve Marak via pbs (Mon, 14 Jun 2021 19:21:12 PDT)
Nice picture, Judy! Mine, in NW Arkansas, were at their peak on June 4.
A picture of one patch of them is attached (I hope).
I've grown it for 35 years, and it was given to me by someone local who
had grown it for about that long and had a similar story, so this strain
has been around here for a long time. They will set lots of seed, which
is viable, but I usually don't collect much since few people seem to
want it.
I think there are more and less hardy strains. I gave some to a friend
who planted them at the Denver BG. A couple of years later he told me
that he liked them so much he'd bought more. The ones I gave him
survived the Denver winters, the others didn't.
Does anyone know a source for the white-spathed form?
Steve
On 6/14/2021 6:55 PM, Judy Glattstein via pbs wrote:
Well, if he really wants to grow something that smells like a decaying
woodchuck, a week dead and rotting in the summer heat, Dracunculus
vulgaris should do it for him.
It is not difficult to find. Both Brent & Becky's Bulbs, also McClure
& Zimmerman are offering it in their catalogs for fall planting. B&B
$4.50 each, 5 for $19.50. M&Z $10.50 each, 3 for $26.95
Myself, I'd prefer to plant outdoors in spring. Perhaps pot up and
keep dry over the winter in a frost free location.
But it is fully hardy here in western New Jersey. My earliest images
are from late June 2009. So it has been in the ground, no extra
protection, for better than a decade. Planted one, still have just
one. Don't recall any seed set but I'll keep watch.
Judy
On 6/14/2021 7:36 PM, Kenneth Preteroti via pbs wrote:
Judy my son Thomas liked your plant. He said he wants it!
Ken P
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