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Another new acquisition from Greg Boldiston, Gladiolus stellatus, which is apparently on the threatened list in RSA.(added a pic taken today with the flowers open wide)cheersfermi
Lots more spring flowers from the Cape open today!First a little gathering of potted colour Next, a closer look at a pot of seed raised Geissorhiza monanthos from Gordon Summerfield 2010 showing a bit of variationcheersfermi
what sort of potting soil do you used for the potted Cape Bulbs?some pots look as if they have a peat/perlite based compost, is this correct?
It looks as if some of your SA bulbs are in the ground, others in pots. In general Babiana is tender for us up at the farm, border-line in the Sacramento Valley. However, it appears that some Babiana species are bit more cold hardy than others? Same with Moraea - we are trialing a number of species at both locations- no clear indications yet. The Geisserhiza - cold hardy or is the containerized plants protected during cold weather?
..That gladiolus is fantastic! I'm growing a couple of similar species from seed, they just germinated this year so potentially another year or two to flowering, right? The two I'm growing are G. ceresianus and G. watermeyeri.
which I discovered has a beautiful violet scent (like brown Boronia)