[pbs] Fools Rush In
James Waddick
jwaddick at kc.rr.com
Wed Sep 6 09:24:09 EDT 2006
Dear All esp Jane, Jim Mc and Roger;
I know I am hexing myself in saying ANYTHING on a topic I
remain both ignorant of and totally confounded by.. American Frits.
Actually Frits period.
A couple of years ago I got a few bulbs of F. pudica from
Jane and naively planted them outside where a couple European Frits
have done well.
So far it has persisted and bloomed here. I think this is
because I have accidentally filled Roger's suggested environment:
" a very hot, very dry area where all herbaceous vegetation
is burnt to a crisp by the sun in summer. I have the impression that
it prefers a fairly alkaline soil"
My soil is mostly heavy clay except in summer when it bake to
'concrete'
I claim no skill at all, but luck and coincidence.
BULBS!! Jim W.
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Dr. James W. Waddick
8871 NW Brostrom Rd.
Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711
USA
Ph. 816-746-1949
Zone 5 Record low -23F
Summer 100F +
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