Thank you to Nan for pointing out potentially invasive species. Romulea rosea is spreading in the Central Coast of California and is also on the watch list. https://cal-ipc.org/plants/profile/… Janice Kuch, Santa Cruz, California On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 4:00 AM <pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > Send pbs mailing list submissions to > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > pbs-request@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > pbs-owner@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of pbs digest..." > > > List-Post:<mailto:pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > List-Archive:<http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Eucrosia bicolor (Chad Cox) > 2. Pancratium maritimum invasive in California (Nan Sterman) > 3. Re: Pancratium maritimum invasive in California (Kipp McMichael) > 4. Snowmelt bulbs (Jane McGary) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 11:24:49 -0800 > From: Chad Cox <clcox@ucdavis.edu> > To: pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > Subject: [pbs] Eucrosia bicolor > Message-ID: <BE189EF5-D0F4-43BE-BC13-74B37E0C12B5@ucdavis.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hello again everyone, > > I just wanted to let everyone who contacted me know that the Eucrosia > bulbs are in the mail so please be on the lookout for them. Especially if > you live in a cold climate. To minimize shipping costs they are not > insulated very well so will be susceptible to cold temperatures if left > outside. Don?t worry about the shipping costs. If you would like, just make > a donation to the PBS instead of sending me anything. Enjoy! > > To anyone who missed out I will eventually have more available and will > donate some to the exchange when I can. > > Take care. > > Chad > > Sent from my iPhone > Chad L. Cox, Ph.D. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 12:51:18 -0800 > From: Nan Sterman <nsterman@waterwisegardener.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] Pancratium maritimum invasive in California > Message-ID: > <08989924-EEC0-4A1D-9F7C-C8F002CD5BA7@waterwisegardener.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > I am reading the latest issue of the publication from the California > Invasive Plant Council (CAL-ipc). Their ?Weed Alerts? lists plants that are > rapidly expanding in California, to the point of possibly being invasive. > Among the new plants listed is Pancratium maritimum. Please keep an eye on > these plants if you grow them in California. There are reports of > established, escaped populations from Ventura County to San Diego County. I > havent been successful getting them to grow in my San Diego County garden > and with this information, I wont continue to try. There are a million more > bulbs that I find just as attractive yet dont (so far) appear to be on > their way to invasive status > > > Sent from my eye eye phone. All typos are the captain?s fault. > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 21:17:28 +0000 > From: Kipp McMichael <kimcmich@hotmail.com> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Pancratium maritimum invasive in California > Message-ID: > < > BYAPR07MB47914B2ACAD92325DE5395ECCC289@BYAPR07MB4791.namprd07.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Nan, > > The 2-3 places where it is invasive are perfect habitat for Pancratium: > mediterranean, oceanside dune fields. These areas are also highly impacted > by human activity (past and to a lesser extent present) and so may be > especially susceptible to the spread of well-adapted non-natives. > > Pancratium does have wind-borne seeds which makes it more dispersible > than fleshy seeded Amaryllids (such as A. belladonna - another > naturalized/invasive taxon here) - but I don't think this is an especially > dangerous taxon for people who aren't gardening near extensive dune fields. > > -|<ipp > ________________________________ > From: pbs <pbs-bounces@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> on behalf of Nan > Sterman via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Sent: Thursday, February 3, 2022 12:51 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Cc: Nan Sterman <nsterman@waterwisegardener.com> > Subject: [pbs] Pancratium maritimum invasive in California > > > I am reading the latest issue of the publication from the California > Invasive Plant Council (CAL-ipc). Their ?Weed Alerts? lists plants that are > rapidly expanding in California, to the point of possibly being invasive. > Among the new plants listed is Pancratium maritimum. Please keep an eye on > these plants if you grow them in California. There are reports of > established, escaped populations from Ventura County to San Diego County. I > havent been successful getting them to grow in my San Diego County garden > and with this information, I wont continue to try. There are a million more > bulbs that I find just as attractive yet dont (so far) appear to be on > their way to invasive status > > > Sent from my eye eye phone. All typos are the captain?s fault. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com//… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2022 15:36:29 -0800 > From: Jane McGary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> > To: Pacific Bulb Society <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > Subject: [pbs] Snowmelt bulbs > Message-ID: <d69e994a-618f-183a-3219-f75f597fd86f@earthlink.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > The appearance of winter-spring crocuses and the need to verify their > identity reminds me of the special delight of geophytes that flower just > as winter snowbanks recede above them. Other alpine gardeners already > know about the challenges of growing shrubby or herbaceous plants that > spend a long winter dormancy under snow, and bulb growers face some > similar challenges. Curiously, many species of Crocus are standard > subjects in gardens with widely varied climates, even those that receive > only a few brief snowy periods. High-elevation Tulipa, Gagea, and > Romulea species can also adapt well. Snowmelt meadow genera such as > Puschkinia and Muscari are perfect bulb-lawn plants here too. In > contrast, such snowmelt plants as Galanthus platyphyllus, Fritillaria > latifolia, Rhodophiala rhodolirion, and Lloydia serotina have defeated > many lowland growers, including me. If any readers who don't live in > high latitudes or altitudes succeed with these, I'd like to learn how! I > don't want to carry them in pots into and out of the refrigerator, as I > once tried to save a failing Androsace bryomorpha. And I don't want to > move back to Fairbanks, where Diapensia lapponica did fine in the rock > garden. What are your comments on geophytes that emerge under the lip of > the snowbank and flower before they are overgrown by grasses and tall > perennials? > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > ------------------------------ > > End of pbs Digest, Vol 60, Issue 4 > ********************************** > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>