Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: ashley on December 03, 2022, 04:35:06 PM
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This year the first one here was M. pygmaea, in October.
MM. hirsuta & amoena have been going now for a couple of weeks, while longipes & pustulata are yet to come.
M. hirsuta
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M. hirsuta
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M. amoena
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M. longipes
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M. pustulata
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Thank you, Ashley, for introducing me to a really interesting genus.
I intend to add it to my own garden.
Marc
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Yes they're nice plants to brighten up an autumn day Marc, and easy to grow from seed.
However I think that most would need a Mediterranean type climate to be happy outdoors.
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Ashley,
We enjoy the Mediterranean warm dry summers and mild wet winters; but our minimum temperatures occasionally get down to about 15 F (-9.4 C).
If that is too cool for them, I have 2 greenhouses.
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Then it's well worth trying them outside over winter Marc, perhaps keeping a few under glass as a back-up.
I try to keep my plants fairly dry if low temperatures are forecast, but they've tolerated a few degrees of frost. However low temperatures combined with our winter rain might be fatal.
In due course please let us know how you get on.
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Massonia bredasdorpensis seedlings