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Author Topic: Calostemma purpureum  (Read 6311 times)

arillady

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Re: Calostemma purpureum
« Reply #30 on: March 12, 2013, 07:47:48 AM »
If you have a spare bulb Fermi....?
Due to the drought the white Calostemmas are only up to 6" high - sorry old measurement.
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Pat Toolan,
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Re: Calostemma purpureum
« Reply #31 on: July 29, 2013, 09:12:58 AM »
Some time ago Pat mentioned that calostemma bulbs grow deep (> 12ins/30cm) in the open ground. 
Does this mean that they are hard to manage in pots?
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Ashley Allshire, Cork, Ireland

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Re: Calostemma purpureum
« Reply #32 on: July 29, 2013, 09:40:33 AM »
Ashley I don't need to grow them in pots so don't know if they need to be deep. It might also be a method of keeping the bulb cool during our long hot summers.
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Re: Calostemma purpureum
« Reply #33 on: July 29, 2013, 11:45:29 AM »
Thanks Pat; good point.
I think Hans and Alessandro showed flowering plants in the past, presumably pot-grown, so maybe I'll try long toms.
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Re: Calostemma purpureum
« Reply #34 on: August 04, 2013, 05:05:37 PM »
My seedlings are about an inch deep after two years or so, no flowers though.
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Re: Calostemma purpureum
« Reply #35 on: August 05, 2013, 12:28:24 AM »
I grow them in deep pots
I get flowers, seeds and seedlings 😄
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