My guess is that there was very little understanding of the horticultural needs of the bulbs Purdy sold and that nearly all of them perished. There's a story that some were included as prizes in boxes of cereal (from the Wayne Roderick interview on file at UC Berkeley, I believe), which goes to show how likely they were actually successful in gardens.
John WickhamLos Angeles, CA
On Tuesday, July 18, 2023 at 09:37:25 AM PDT, Robert Lauf via pbs <pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote:
If those bulbs were shipped all over the world, it makes me wonder if or how many might have found habitats where they were happy and/or became invasive.
Regarding those terrible fires in Canada, we all know that in the US all the big fires tend to occur on federal lands rather than in commercially managed timberlands. I wonder if the same is true in Canada.
Bob Zone 7 hot and muggy today, but at least we've been getting plenty of rain
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