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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #255 on: July 01, 2010, 02:40:29 PM »
Hello Arnold

Looks for me as Crinum powellii  Album
very hardy and beautiful

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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #256 on: July 01, 2010, 05:53:42 PM »
Pristine flowers, Arnold on a plant that is doing so well for you. Love it.
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #257 on: July 01, 2010, 08:31:27 PM »
Absolutely beautiful flowers, Arnold. Lucky you!!
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #258 on: July 02, 2010, 04:04:58 AM »
Arnold that Crinum is sensational.  Does your ground freeze?  I planted out a few Amaryllis belladonna here last autumn and the ground froze deeply last winter.  I was surprised to see the leaves appear this spring. They came up with white edges which perhaps indicates some sort of damage.  I was hoping it would have to good sense not to leaf in the autumn but that may change once it get firmly established then the trouble will begin. Even the cantankerous Lycrois squamigera came up.

BTW the Nerine bowdeniis sailed through last winter, even ones newly planted.  They were just the regular bowdenii and not the hardier variety.

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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #259 on: July 02, 2010, 11:37:21 AM »
John:

Yes, the ground freezes down a couple of inches.  We can get temperatures as low as 5 to 6 F.  The leaves wither but come spring they push up through the dead leaves and flower.

I have another which is pink which should flower in a  couple of days.
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #260 on: July 03, 2010, 03:03:56 PM »
this my Ornithogalum thyrsoides
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #261 on: July 04, 2010, 10:31:24 PM »
Drimia epigea : the stem measures approximately 1,5 meters
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #262 on: July 04, 2010, 10:41:07 PM »
Impressive

do you have a picture from the whole plant

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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #263 on: July 06, 2010, 12:11:12 PM »
Here's the pink sister of the white I posted last week.  They are planted in the same bed.  We have heat at 100 F so flowers only last a day or two.

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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #264 on: July 06, 2010, 10:54:38 PM »
Quote from: ArnoldT on July 06, 2010, 12:11:12 PM
Here's the pink sister of the white I posted last week.  They are planted in the same bed.  We have heat at 100 F so flowers only last a day or two.



Arnold lovely flower, I have bought a couple Crinums but will have to grow them in my greenhouse. 100f I would only last a couple of days in that heat :o

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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #265 on: July 06, 2010, 11:09:50 PM »
Hello Angie

It depends which Crinums you bought C .bulbispernum
C .powellii and C. powellii alba should be hardy in your region
and can handle a lot of moistre
with a trick you can plant then 25 -30 cm deep

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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #266 on: July 06, 2010, 11:18:14 PM »
I remember lovely big clumps of Crinum at Mike and Polly Stone's garden in Fort Augustus...... huge plants flowering like crazy and lord knows they had plenty rain and it got cold, too.... but I'm having no luck here in Aberdeen on the East coast..... and we put them well down in the ground as a protection....  :'(
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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #267 on: July 06, 2010, 11:22:25 PM »
Roland I have C powellii and manage to keep this one with a little bit of protection. My new Crinums are C.macowannii and C.moorei.
Thanks for the advice.

Maggi I got mine from Floors Castle gardens at Kelso,the man said it would be hardy... they have them outdoors but I always give mine protection.

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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #268 on: July 07, 2010, 07:11:09 AM »
Hello Angie
I tried C moorei in Normandy a few times
They never survived a winter without enormous protection
I don't know C. macowanii
I just bought a bulb in South Africa

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Re: Bulbs from South Africa - 2010
« Reply #269 on: July 08, 2010, 12:02:31 AM »
Roland I thought I might have to keep these Crinums in my greenhouse. 
Maybe they wont survive but I did like the flower of C. Moorei so I thought I would give it a go.

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