[pbs] Re: Lycoris, Rhodophiala, and Colchicum.
J.E. Shields
jshields104 at insightbb.com
Sat Sep 6 18:01:53 EDT 2003
Russell,
Can you supply some of these bulbs next summer? I might be interested in
trying some of them.
Our season is probably late this year because the weather was cold and wet
well into June this past spring. I guess my C. byzantinum usually start in
early to mid August, and they are not up at all yet. Maybe our wet summer
was too much of a good thing for some of them.
Regards,
Jim
At 11:40 AM 9/6/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>If your colchicums are only beginning to bloom, Jim, you obviously need to
>augment your collection <grin>. C. bivonae 'Apollo' has been in flower
>for 2 weeks, with C. bivonae hybrids such as 'Princess Astrid' following
>close on its heels (many hybrids debut in the last week of August or
>so). Colchicum speciosum 'Ordu' is also well into bloom. If you were
>able to grow C. graecum (which I would think would be a possibility), your
>colchicum season would start in early August (other species reputably
>flower even earlier, but I cannot personally attest to this).
>
>Russell
>
>At 09:36 AM 9/6/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>My first Colchicum is in bloom -- C. autumnale. C. cilicicum usually is
>>first, but not this year.
>>
>>Regards,
>>Jim Shields
>>in central Indiana
>
>Russell Stafford
>Odyssey Bulbs
>8984 Meadow Lane, Berrien Springs, Michigan 49103
>269-471-4642
>www.odysseybulbs.com
>
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