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Chris Johnson

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Ornithogalum
« on: February 28, 2017, 11:23:30 AM »
Ornithogalum lanceolatum
South Uist, Outer Hebrides

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Re: Ornithogalum
« Reply #1 on: February 28, 2017, 12:38:57 PM »
That's lovely! Under cover, presumably?
Ralph Carpenter near Ashford, Kent, UK. USDA Zone 8 (9 in a good year)

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Re: Ornithogalum
« Reply #2 on: February 28, 2017, 02:59:06 PM »
That's lovely! Under cover, presumably?

Yes Ralph, it's planted out in the covered garden I built two years ago. The idea was to keep the rain and worst of the wind out. The east side is just shade netting.
South Uist, Outer Hebrides

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Re: Ornithogalum
« Reply #3 on: March 06, 2017, 05:31:02 PM »
Ornithogalum sp?  from South Africa with fuzzy leaves ex Univ of Cal irving Arboratum.
Past Discussions have suggested aff. O. hispidum and aff. O. Graminifolium
Rimmer
Bowling Green, Kentucky USA
36.9685° N
USDA zone 6b-7a
Long hot humid summers
Cool wet winter
Heavy red clay soil over limestone karst

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Re: Ornithogalum
« Reply #4 on: April 01, 2017, 04:24:30 PM »
Some sort of hardy ground hugging Thog.

Is this Ornithogalum sigmoideum? Oron?
« Last Edit: April 12, 2017, 12:13:14 AM by Rimmer de Vries »
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Bowling Green, Kentucky USA
36.9685° N
USDA zone 6b-7a
Long hot humid summers
Cool wet winter
Heavy red clay soil over limestone karst

 


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