[pbs] Scilla/Oncostema peruviana
Ellen Hornig
hornig at earthlink.net
Fri Oct 19 13:10:09 EDT 2007
Jim McKenney wrote about Scilla peruviana:
> Last night I was reading the account of this plant in the old Bailey
> Cyclopedia of 1902. In the account there something is mentioned which I've
> never heard before. The claim is made there that this plant never flowers
> two years in succession.
I keep Scilla peruviana in pots, where it's great fun and utterly
undemanding (passes the winter apparently happily in a greenhouse at 32-35F,
in leaf), and it certainly does rebloom from year to year. It's possible
that it would get run down if you didn't repot it fairly often; it produces
prodigious quantities of offsets, and [pots tend to get incredibly full
incredibly fast.
Ellen
Ellen Hornig
Seneca Hill Perennials
3712 County Route 57
Oswego NY 13126 USA
www.senecahillperennials.com
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