Hi Fermi,
You seem to have a fine collection of Themidaceae. Are they used much in home landscaping in your area? It seems that they would be well adapted to your local climatic conditions.
Here in our part of Northern California the autumn rains have finally arrived. There is finally some measurable snow at the highest elevations in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
With cooler temperatures and the autumn rains, the next wave of Narcissus are beginning to emerge from the ground, mostly Narcissus romieuxii types and hybrids, however there are others. As soon as possible I will be sowing my next batch of hybrid seed.
Are any of your Calochortus blooming? Here they do not emerge from the ground until later in the season. Some of my next generation of hybrids will hopefully bloom this season. I am pleased that I have a pipeline of new hybrids coming on, however most of them are still several years out until there will be blooming plants.
Pictured is Dichelostemma volubile blooming at our El Dorado County farm. This species is native to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and the foothills of the Northern Inner Coast Range.
Pictured is Dichelostemma volubile blooming in Colusa County, California, on the lower slopes of Snow Mountain. Here they grow in the chaparral plant community and the flowering stems vine through the chaparral shrubbery. This species is found growing on serpentine and gabbro based soils, mostly because this is where chaparral plant communities thrive. The species grows well on other soils types, however they prefer growing where their flowering stems can grow through native shrubs.
Pictured is Dichelostemma volubile in bud in our Sacramento garden. I have them planted where their flowering stems can vine through the adjacent shrubbery. This does not always happen, with interesting results. The flowering stems can travel some distance at times. Sometimes they end up climbing the stems of other flowering bulbs, or perennial plant species.
Thank you for sharing your photographs and information.
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