[pbs] Amianthium muscaetoxicum
Jim McKenney
jimmckenney at jimmckenney.com
Thu Jun 19 11:25:24 EDT 2008
I agree, its a totally cool plant, another of those native plants which is
all but unknown but which has qualities which, one would think, would get it
into many gardens.
The problem with it, in my experience, is that it is very slow growing.
Seed ripens in late August or early September in this latitude, and seed
germinates easily. But then the wait begins: its no faster than its
relatives Veratrum and Melanthium, and like those plants is not difficult
just agonizingly slow.
In the wild Ive seen it growing in both the deep shade of woodland and in
open sunny fields.
Jim McKenney
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Montgomery County, Maryland, USA, 39.03871º North, 77.09829º West, USDA zone
7, where I'm still digging, sorting and storing bulbs.
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