[pbs] TOW N.H.Do in Dec - Seeds
Harold Koopowitz
hkoopowi at uci.edu
Thu Dec 4 11:08:29 EST 2003
Diane:
Which dwarf narcissus were you looking for?
Harold
At 11:34 PM 12/3/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>It is a good time to sow bulb seeds.
>
>The various alpine garden societies have extensive offerings of bulb seeds
>collected in members' gardens, and many collected in the wild. The garden
>seeds vary a bit from year to year, but the real excitement comes when we
>see who has been travelling, and where. The "where" used to be specified:
>1500 m alt on Mt. xx. Now the location is kept secret to protect the plants.
>
>Only members can have the seeds, but you can often check online lists to
>see if it would be worthwhile for you to join. Sometimes if you join now,
>you can ask for this year's seedlist. Seedlists are currently being
>mailed out. These alpine clubs generally include seeds as a membership
>benefit, though sometimes members must pay postage. There are usually
>close to 6000 types of seeds offered each year. The number of packets of
>seed each person is allowed is limited, and often one does not get all
>one's first choices. It's like a lottery. ( After trying for 30 years to
>get seed of one particular dwarf narcissus, this year I bought it from the
>Archibalds, and it has already germinated.)
>
>Alpine Garden Society http://www.alpinegardensociety.org/
>Scottish Rock Garden Club http://www.srgc.org.uk/
>North American Rock Garden Society http://www.nargs.org/
>Ontario Rock Garden Society http://www.onrockgarden.com/
>Alpine Garden Club of BC http://flounder.ca/AlpineGardenClub/
>
>
>There are specialty geophytic clubs with focussed seed exchanges. Usually
>these clubs sell their seeds and there is often no limit to how many you
>may buy. It is often easier to get what you really want from these ones.
>
>Arisaema-L http://botu07.bio.uu.nl/arisaema/aeg.htm
>
>The Cyclamen Society http://www.cyclamen.org/indexCS.html
>
>SIGNA (Species Iris) http://www.signa.org/
>
>The North American Lily Society http://www.lilies.org/
>The RHS Lily Group has a new website http://rhslilygroup.org/ Their
>seedlist comes out in January and besides lilies includes other Liliaceae,
>and other bulbous families
>
>
>
>
>--
>Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
>maritime zone 8
>cool mediterranean climate (dry summer, rainy winter - 68 cm annually)
>sandy soil
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Prof. Harold Koopowitz
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University of California, Irvine, CA 92697
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