Miscellaneous spring bulbs 2012

[WimB]

Nice Ornithogalum, Roland!

Here Bellevalia romana is in flower...it seeds itself in the garden but I don't mind!

[bulborum]

Bad thing
Who wants to buy Ornithogalum
I like it but nobody buys it
I took it out of my assortiment

Nice weed Wim
I know a lot worse and less attractive ones

Roland

[WimB]

Bad thing
Who wants to buy Ornithogalum
I like it but nobody buys it
I took it out of my assortiment

I grow it, but that's probably because I have weird tastes    

Nice weed Wim
I know a lot worse and less attractive ones

Roland

I agree  

[bulborum]

Bad thing
Who wants to buy Ornithogalum
I like it but nobody buys it
I took it out of my assortment

I grow it, but that's probably because I have weird tastes    [/quote]

Probably the same for me
I sold last year 3 bulbs 

[bulborum]

Bad thing
Who wants to buy Ornithogalum
I like it but nobody buys it
I took it out of my assortiment

I grow it, but that's probably because I have weird tastes   

Nice weed Wim
I know a lot worse and less attractive ones

Roland

I agree 

Probably the same for me
I sold last year 3 bulbs 

[cohan]

Does this qualify as a "bulb lawn"?

P.S. Apologies to anyone who may be horrified by the proliferation of Scilla siberica and Puschkinia in these photos, but I have to admit that this was the goal of planting many hundreds of bulbs in the past.  

Looking great, Lori- love to see these expanses of flowers, and Scilla is a big favourite- I used to search out several nice patches in Toronto..
Roland, I think little danger to the native flora here- my mom planted some many years ago, but there was no sign of them, before long, I think they can only survive here if kept well clear  of grass and native plants!
I have some seedlings I need to make a place for, and I think some are coming up in a bed that had a very poor show last year- I think its been too wet after snowmelt, but I tried to re-direct the meltwater more this year...

[bulborum]

Roland, I think little danger to the native flora here

Cohen it wasn't me but Rick
I am not so afraid for the nature
biggest mistake from the nature was creating humen
we destroyed the last 150 years more
as the nature build up in the last billion years 

Roland

[McDonough]

Wim, a most handsome Bellevalia, a genus totally absent from my garden, need to work on that

Roland, I guess I'm among the few that link Ornithogalum, I find it to be an intriguing genus.

Lori, nice seas in shades of blue (Scilla & Puschkinia), I think I'm heading in this direction; that is, larger expanses of realiable color.

Here's one of my favorites; a totally reliable slow grower, Brodiaea grandiflora ssp. howellii, in my favorite color, pale milky blue.  Got a couple bulbs from Jane McGary, 8-9 years ago, and it flowers every year, atop 16-18" tall stems that sway in the breeze (requiring holding the stems to have any chance at a clear photo).  I now have some in-place-sown seedlings coming along, yay!  I didn't notice the ant on the flower until I was resizing images tonight.

[cohan]

Roland, I think little danger to the native flora here

Cohen it wasn't me but Rick
I am not so afraid for the nature
biggest mistake from the nature was creating humen
we destroyed the last 150 years more
as the nature build up in the last billion years 
Roland

Oops! Sorry, usually try to get my quotes right...lol
Yes, mother nature is probably regretting her human experiment!

BTW, I also like the Ornithogalum I don't have any here- just a couple SA species indoors (at least one of which is probably Albuca, anyway..lol)  .. wouldn't mind trying the hardiest one or two outdoors..

[bulborum]

Very nice Brodiaea grandiflora ssp. howellii Mark
if you have one day some seeds or small bulbs 

The Ornithogalum reverchonii survived here -13ºC in a pot
but was killed last winter at -15ºC 
I can pollinate a few flowers if you want

Roland

[cohan]

Very nice Brodiaea grandiflora ssp. howellii Mark
if you have one day some seeds or small bulbs 

The Ornithogalum reverchonii survived here -13ºC in a pot
but was killed last winter at -15ºC 
I can pollinate a few flowers if you want

Roland

-15 is only early fall here....lol.. probably I'll have to try another-- maybe the one they call Star of Bethlehem (unless that refers to several) which I know is actually weedy in zone 4 U.S.

[bulborum]

The Ornithogalum reverchonii survived here -13ºC in a pot
but was killed last winter at -15ºC 

Roland

The -15ºC was in a pot
what means that they can handle a lot more in the soil
snowdrops for example die earlier in a pot

Roland

[Hoy]

I do grow several Ornithogalums! And I try to establish some self-sowing ones in my garden. I wouldn't mind trying Bellavalia either - have tried one or two species though.
Brodiaea isn't easy here. Don't like the climate or the slugs (or the slugs like it too much probably) I assume.

However Muscari latifolia do self sow a little in the woodland but not alarmingly. Scilla liliohyacinthus also do spread. Have to remove some bulbs as they are  too crowded for maximum flowering now. Erythronium 'White Beauty' seems to like the woodland setting.

[cohan]

Roland, true about pots- many things that are hardy here will not survive sitting out in small pots.. A shocking exception is a native Ribes, which sprouted in an old hanging basket sitting on a bench under a spruce tree- so first of all, its dry most of the time, and second, completely exposed all year- and growing just fine! I'll reward it with a spot in the soil somewhere...

Trond- a little manageable spreading is exactly what you want from bulbs I have Muscari doing very nicely in my first 'spring bed' but its not really early here at all, flowering in June.. I guess yours flowering now is also quite a while after your early bulbs.

[Hoy]

Yes, these are late bloomers. And here are my "bulb lawn" now: Just the leaves of crocus and snowdrops and dandelions and a few tulips!