Flowers and foliage February 2008

[Lesley Cox]

And now I'm about to have a quick lunch and retire to the sofa for the last of 5 one day games.

[t00lie]

Earlier quote
"I like the Solaria/Gethyum too. I doubt if it is here though."

Hello Lesley

I know seed is in this country.Also it was listed in the latest AGS seedlist.

Cheers dave

[Hans A.]

Some flowers of today - I am sure you will know them  .

[art600]

Hans

But the index will not be able to pick up the plants without a name - and I do not recognise the first one.

[Gerdk]

Canarina canariensis

Hans, do you grow it outside?

Gerd

[Maggi Young]

Hans

But the index will not be able to pick up the plants without a name - and I do not recognise the first one.

Good point, the index will not be able to pick up the plants without a name   and I didn't recognise the first one, either!!

Canarina canariensis
Paeonia cambessedesii
Scilla greilhuberi

[hadacekf]

Sternbergia candida opened all its flowers today.

[Maggi Young]

Oh, my word, I have never seen a better clump of Sternbergia candida... and open in the sunshine too, to make them even whiter, how lovely.

We bought, many years ago, a packet of Sternbergia lutea bulbs from a garden centre... when they finally grew, it turned out that they were Sternbergia candida... we were delighted with this mistake!!
Sadly we lost them after a few years, I believe the mice ate them when the pot was tucked away in a quiet corner when dormant.    Now we make more protecton against those small hungry beasts.

[Hans A.]

Perfect - I had no doubt it would be easy for you  - you are right - next time I will use some codes


@Gerd - yes I grow Canarina canariensis outside in the Garden - last frost (one night -1ºC ) I had about three years ago.
 

I have never seen such a nice (and freeflowering) group of Sternbergia candida! Congratulations.

[Gerdk]

Sternbergia candida opened all its flowers today.

Franz,
Superb plants!
Would you please tell something about how you cultivate the Sternbergia?
I tried the species inside and outside and never saw flowers.

Gerd

[Maggi Young]

Franz,
Superb plants!
Would you please tell something about how you cultivate the Sternbergia?
I tried the species inside and outside and never saw flowers.

As I said earlier, we had lost most of our plants with mouse attack, I thought... we still have the plant but we only have leaves, no flowers... and we grow it in the glass house!  Yes, Gerd, we both need the advice of Franz !

[hadacekf]

Maggi and Gerd,
Sternbergia candida and St. lutea grow together in my bulb bed. The soil (lime) in the bed is the same as I have in my garden. From December to March the bed is permanently protected with lights. From April to November the lights are completely removed except during heavy rain, but this happens not very often.
I think it like my garden, to the contrast of many other plants.

[fermi de Sousa]

Franz,
that's a superb clump of Sternbergia candida! I wish I could flower it so well!
cheers
fermi

[Lvandelft]

we still have the plant but we only have leaves, no flowers... and we grow it in the glass house!

That is the same with me. I kept them dry and warm from June to October, with other bulbs.
And after repotting in the glasshouse.
The only good thing is that I get more but smaller bulbs, which only give leaves.

From December to March the bed is permanently protected with lights. From April to November the lights are completely removed except during heavy rain, but this happens not very often.

After reading what Franz wrote, I think they need a warm (in Vienna!) summer rest but not drying out
and never soaking in water.
Covering with lights during winter is about the same, being covered with snow in nature: not too wet!
Would be good to know in which period the flowers are made??
Anybody has an answer?

[Hans A.]

I was told Sternbergia candida does not like to grow in a pot - I understand Franz's wonderful group is growing in a bed- I am growing mine in the garden in a winterrainarea - about 800mm without protection and they do fine - but this clone I grow does not be so floriferous as this franz grows.