[pbs] Re: Brodiaea californica
diana chapman
rarebulbs at earthlink.net
Mon Jul 5 21:47:42 EDT 2004
Hi Tony:
The commercial clone "Queen Fabiola" is actually Triteleia laxa. B.
californica is a different species, and should look quite a bit different,
even though there is a lot of variation in color within the species.
Diana
----- Original Message -----
From: "anthony goode" <tonyg at thealpinehouse.fsnet.co.uk>
To: <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, July 05, 2004 1:02 PM
Subject: [pbs] Re: Brodiaea californica
> I grow this plant (from seed collected by Wayne Roderick a few years
> ago) in a sand bed in the garden here in eastern England. The bed has
> a roughly seven inch layer of sand with a layer of gritty compost
> below. The bulbs are planted in the sand, just above the compost
> level. They are doing better here than in a raised bed of standard
> free draining compost and better than the few I keep in a pot. It is
> in full flower now, dwarfing the commercial clone 'Queen Fabiola.'
>
> Tony Goode, Nowich UK. Mintemp -8C
>
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