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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)

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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
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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

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Chad L. Cox, Ph.D.

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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
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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.

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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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

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