Erythronium 2008

[Ed Alverson]

Yesterday I was driving down a nearby country road and passed this nice display in front of a house south of Corvallis, Oregon.  And, if anyone is looking for a pre-made Erythronium garden, this one is for sale!  But, you would have to buy the house, too (actually it looks like a nice house).

I suspect this is a "wild" population of Erythronium oregonum rather than planted, and it has been encouraged over the years by letting the seeds mature and disperse before any mowing is done.  Under these circumstances, E. oregonum populations can build up to great numbers.  I have seen similar-looking stands of E. oregonum in front of houses, or in church yards, on Vancouver island, near Victoria B.C.

This is the typical Willamette Valley form which is most similar to E. oregonum ssp. leucandrum.  Growing with it are a number of nice native wildflowers associated with prairie and oak habitats, including Camassia quamash, Ranunculus occidentalis, and Cardamine nuttallii (as well as a bit of the exotic Taraxacum officinale).

Ed

[Maggi Young]

Oh, crikey, the Bulb Despot is already packing his bags!

[alpines]

Told you these things were pernicious weeds, didn't I. We are about to be invaded by several overlapping populations of white things spreading from west to east and vice versa.

Hey Maggi...I'll let you know how much Ian can buy the acreage for that we saw on Saturday. He'll probably get it for a song.....mind you, I've heard him sing, so maybe not 

[Maggi Young]

Ed, it IS a nice enough house to go with the erys! See here
http://www.tncrealty.com/listings/detail.phplid=24696097&limit=0&offset=40&&&posc=50&post=364&cfq=limit%3D10%26pricemax%3D999999999%26radarea%3D0%26searchtype%3D1%26city%5B0%5D%3DCorvallis%26SRSearchDate%3D1207859938%26SRRecordCount%3D364%26SRPageCount%3D37%26SRPage%3D5     

SORRY, IT DID WORK WHEN I TESTED IT! TRY THIS : http://www.tncrealty.com/ then in the search box where it says, midway down on the lefthandside of the page : "Quick Property search: MLS# , type this number in 593002
 This will bring up the details of  30629 Bellfountain Rd , Corvallis, OR 97333 .... I hope!

[art600]

Maggi
Your last link did not work

[Maggi Young]

Sorry , Arthur, I have amended a new method to get to the house details in my previous post !

[art600]

It has a certain rustic charm.  But is 1.04 acres really big enough?

[mark smyth]

Here is another problem Erythronium bought last year. Again because I dont take a note of suppliers I dont know where it came from. As it was emerging I was thinking how could the supplier and I not notice the bulb wasn't a Colchicum

[Diane Whitehead]

Yes, Victoria has front lawns that are full of Erythroniums.  Unfortunately
it doesn't take long for a new tidy owner, or one who hires a lawn service,
to kill them all.

[Ed Alverson]

Oh, crikey, the Bulb Despot is already packing his bags!

Yes Maggi, you found the right house - isn't the internet amazing!

$499,000 is a rather expensive house for us Americans (except in California and a few other places), but with the exchange rate what it is, it should be a good deal for someone from the other site of the Atlantic.

I'll be happy to arrange a house warming party for the new occupant with fellow NARGS members - just let me know what a good date would be.

I'm just surprised they don't have any Erythronium photos on the real estate company's web site - seems like they could up the price by thousands just for that view alone.

Ed

[Ed Alverson]

It has a certain rustic charm.  But is 1.04 acres really big enough?

Why have 1 acre of Erythroniums when you can have 2?

Ed

[mark smyth]

Here is my 'Altai Snow' again. Can anyone tell me what Erythronium this is and what might have gone wrong with the flower?

[Susan Band]

Mark,
My Altai Snow has a bit of a pink tinge to it as well although maybe not as much as yours. I don't think you are doing anything wrong, I don't find the sibiricum erythroniums very good in our climate. The dull but warm temperatures tend to make the flowers open at ground level where they get damaged easily and the petals tend to stick together. I think people might have more success growing them where very cold suddenly changes to hot and sunny. The flowers will then elongate and open quicker.

[mark smyth]

Yes the flowers of mine appeared right between the leaves. Maybe I should plant it in my full shade bed when it's made. Over the last few days the flower stem has elongated

[johanneshoeller]

My last flowering Erythronium