Sternbergia 2010

[JoshY46013]

I think they're just so beautiful! 

[Pauli]

Hello Pehe,


I grow my Sternbergias mostly in front of a south facing wall!

They get winter protection with horicultural fleece, well at least some of them!

All the best!

Herbert

[Gerry Webster]

Sternbergia greuteriana

This form was given to me by the late Erna Frank & is probably from a Manfred Koenen collection.

It seems to need less of a hard summer bake than plants I grow as S. sicula.

[Tony Willis]

Gerry very nice to see a different form.

Here is Sternbergia lutea from Crete, a gift,  and a general view of some others with the two pots at the back being Sternberia lutea from Turkey

[Gerry Webster]

Very nice plants  Tony. I have the impression that plants grown as S. lutea are rather less variable than those grown as S. sicula. Would you agree?

[Tony Willis]

Gerry

I do agree,all my collections of S. lutea look the same in both flower size and shape whereas the S. sicula do show variations and some seem very close to S. greuteriana

[ashley]

Beautiful plants from you both.  Interesting what you say about S. greuteriana Gerry because my S. lutea is an unreliable performer despite best efforts at summer baking

[Pauli]

My Sternbergias in front of the south facing wall are near the peak of flowering

The second pictore is of a very large flowered clone from a garden in Crete. I saw them in flower and the lady there had no problems to dig a bulb - after she recognized what I really wanted!
Below the giant are other plants from Crete!

Herbert

[Melvyn Jope]

I have been interested to read about different experiences with Sternbergia lutea this year as despite the very cold winter mine are flowering better than ever.They are growing againgst a south facing wall but have no winter protection, unlike Tony we do not have problems with too much rain. I have three clumps of the form shown which came from Turkey and there are about seventy flowers in total.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Impressive displays Herbert and Melvyn ! 

[Gerry Webster]

I have been interested to read about different experiences with Sternbergia lutea this year as despite the very cold winter mine are flowering better than ever.They are growing againgst a south facing wall but have no winter protection, unlike Tony we do not have problems with too much rain. I have three clumps of the form shown which came from Turkey and there are about seventy flowers in total.

That is interesting Melvyn. I too have found that, unexpectedly, S.lutea has flowered reasonably well - albeit somewhat later than usual. By contrast, some forms of  S. sicula - under the same conditions - have produced no flowers at all. I find this a very unpredictable genus.

[ArnoldT]

Not 100 % sure about ID of this  Sternbergia.

[pehe]

My Sternbergias in front of the south facing wall are near the peak of flowering

The second pictore is of a very large flowered clone from a garden in Crete. I saw them in flower and the lady there had no problems to dig a bulb - after she recognized what I really wanted!
Below the giant are other plants from Crete!

Herbert

Herbert,

It is obvious that you have a perfect site for your Sternbergias. They are performing very well!

That giant lutea is very interesting. The ones below, are they normal lutea ?

Poul

[pehe]

I have been interested to read about different experiences with Sternbergia lutea this year as despite the very cold winter mine are flowering better than ever.They are growing againgst a south facing wall but have no winter protection, unlike Tony we do not have problems with too much rain. I have three clumps of the form shown which came from Turkey and there are about seventy flowers in total.

Melvyn,

Your lutea are impressing!
My experience with Sternbergia lutea is that they are very hardy (here down to -20 C) and tolerate winter rain quite well. But to have good flowering it is essential to give them a dry, warm summerrest and feed them well during growth. I do not think that a cold winter will inhibit good flowering.

Poul

[fermi de Sousa]

Wow!
Herbert, that giant S. lutea looks enormous! What are its measurements?
cheers
fermi