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Fall Scilla and relatives 2014
« on: September 04, 2014, 06:21:03 PM »
Scilla lingulata alba from Mister Vickery ;)
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Re: Fall Scilla and relatives 2014
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2014, 06:42:34 PM »
Oooh, Very nice   8)
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Re: Fall Scilla and relatives 2014
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2014, 08:06:49 PM »
Scilla lingulata alba from Mister Vickery ;)
Early again with you Yann.  Mine is just showing.
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Re: Fall Scilla and relatives 2014
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2014, 09:53:46 PM »
Early again with you Yann.  Mine is just showing.
And mine are still asleep.  Very nice Yann.
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Re: Fall Scilla and relatives 2014
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2014, 10:27:01 PM »
Mine all died in winter 2010  :'( so tempted to get more from his list but resisted
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Re: Fall Scilla and relatives 2014
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2014, 08:07:34 AM »
Mine all died in winter 2010  :'( so tempted to get more from his list but resisted
Not extremely hardy indeed Marc.
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Re: Fall Scilla and relatives 2014
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2014, 10:04:35 AM »
Mr Vickery has a list?

Please tell me more..........
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Re: Fall Scilla and relatives 2014
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2014, 10:10:13 AM »
Mr Vickery has a list?

Please tell me more..........

Search the forum  for Vickery in a topic title , Mike - his seed and bulb lists are posted a couple of times a year......

 http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=12008.msg308292#msg308292 shows his   latest bulb list  from July 2014 and is followed in the next post by his recent seedlist 

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Re: Fall Scilla and relatives 2014
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2014, 10:27:41 AM »
Cheers Maggi.

I'll look at it now.
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Re: Fall Scilla and relatives 2014
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2014, 03:43:43 PM »
My greenhouse is always kept at 4°c because it also hosts Sarracenia that need more than 2°c.
I never lost bulbs by frost but more by watering errors or virus.
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Re: Fall Scilla and relatives 2014
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2014, 01:19:48 AM »
Must check out what autumn flowering species there are.
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Re: Fall Scilla and relatives 2014
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2014, 01:25:23 PM »
Scilla autumnalis MS771
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Re: Fall Scilla and relatives 2014
« Reply #12 on: September 06, 2014, 01:30:04 PM »
Scilla lingulata SL263
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Re: Fall Scilla and relatives 2014
« Reply #13 on: September 08, 2014, 11:07:19 AM »
I have this spring flowerer which came to me as Hyacinthus vimacea, but that's a made up name. I can only think it is Scilla vicentina.
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Re: Fall Scilla and relatives 2014
« Reply #14 on: September 08, 2014, 11:26:55 AM »
Could it be S. verna Anthony?
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