[pbs] Bulbs for California's Central Valley
Roy M. Sachs
rmsachs at ucdavis.edu
Sun Jan 25 13:20:11 EST 2004
> Please recommend some bulbs/geophytes for beginners for California's
>Central Valley. These should be Meditterranean climate type bulbs which will
>receive no or little water during the summer and natural rainfall in
>the winter.
> Summer days are usually above 100 degrees, with summer nighttime lows in
>the 70-80s, and winters are cool and damp, 35-45 degrees, but rarely freezing.
>
> My daughter is buying a new home there in a tract development in Selma,
>near Fresno, California. The soil appears to be well drained and was
>probably an old Thompson seedless grape vineyard. I have many
>bulbs I can share
>with her but my Medit. climate is coastal northern California, with
>cool, wetter
>winters and cool dry summers, rarely above 80 degrees day, usually in 60s at
>night. I doubt if Lachenalias would be successful in Selma, but many
>Agapanthus
>are in the area.
>
>Richard
Richard: I grow callas of all kinds, amaryllids, watsonias,
acidanthera, crocosmias, some lilies, some species tulips and many
alstroemeria with pretty good success if I make sure that everything
gets at least 30% shade (I use shade cloth) or I plant them in
locations more protected from the afternoon sun.
Of course, when the north wind blows with ambient temps near 100 F
everything takes a beating, shade or no.
Roy
Davis, Sacramento Valley..not quite as bad as Selma but close.
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