Sternbergia 2011

[David Nicholson]

Just as bad as normal for me. Not a single flower

[Maggi Young]

Bad season for Sternbergia ?

I don't think so  ..........

 I think you've been on holiday, Kris............

[krisderaeymaeker]

I think you've been on holiday, Kris............

Offcourse Maggi , they never flower that way in our gardens .But maybe dreaming wil help ...
We have seen this "Sternie" in the Peloponnese during our trip by the end of september . 

[Gerry Webster]

Just as bad as normal for me. Not a single flower

David - in your part of the world they should flower well - at least under glass. Even in my hot garden they will not flower outdoors. Feed heavily (with high K) & keep as hot as possible during the summer.  Despite my pessimistic remarks earlier, flowering here was not bad - just a bit later & more erratic than usual. 

[pehe]

Sternbergia greuteriana has start flowering in the garden

[David Nicholson]

Just as bad as normal for me. Not a single flower

David - in your part of the world they should flower well - at least under glass. Even in my hot garden they will not flower outdoors. Feed heavily (with high K) & keep as hot as possible during the summer.  Despite my pessimistic remarks earlier, flowering here was not bad - just a bit later & more erratic than usual. 

I'll keep trying Gerry.

[tonyg]

I think there are better and worse(r) flowering forms, or at least some forms which are better suited to UK garden conditions.  I have several different ones planted outside and always get flowers on at least one of them, rarely all of them!  This year two clumps about 2 feet apart, one produced plenty of flowers, the other none.  Last year it was the other way around.

[Maggi Young]

I take great comfort from the Forumists who post photos here of their wonderful plants to convince myself that it is possible to get a great display of flowers on these yellow beauties! Certainly Poul Erik, Herbert and Franz don't have too much trouble it seems and they are not alone! 

[jshields]

Well, Maggi, let me post one more example for encouragement, and skip the half-dozen clumps here that have done nothing this year!

Jim

[Maggi Young]

Very nice it is too, Jim.
 

[Gerry Webster]

I think there are better and worse(r) flowering forms, or at least some forms which are better suited to UK garden conditions.  I have several different ones planted outside and always get flowers on at least one of them, rarely all of them!  This year two clumps about 2 feet apart, one produced plenty of flowers, the other none.  Last year it was the other way around.

I agree that there are better & worse flowering forms though mine are all grown under glass - either  planted out or in pots. Thus S. lutea angustifolia from a Mike Salmon collection in Crete (MS 753) flowers regularly & prolifically with only moderate baking. S. sicula 'Arcadian Sun' derived from a collection by the Crooks (C 529) in the Peloponnese behaves in a roughly similar fashion & S. greuteriana (of unknown origin) also flowers regularly. By contrast, the form of S. sicula derived from a John Marr collection (JRM 3186/75) made much further north at Dodona requires a ferocious bake to induce flowering - my plants  have not flowered for the last two years. One might have thought that plants from  southern regions would require hotter conditions than those from the north but it seems not (admittedly the sample is too small to be really significant) so possibly  factors other than geographical origin are involved.

[pehe]

I think you've been on holiday, Kris............

Offcourse Maggi , they never flower that way in our gardens .But maybe dreaming wil help ...
We have seen this "Sternie" in the Peloponnese during our trip by the end of september . 

Sometimes they flower almost as well in our northern gardens:

Sternbergia greuteriana 2010 (same clump as in my previous post)
Sternbergia sicula Dodona Gold 2011
Sternbergia sicula Dodona Gold 2010

But not this year!

Poul

[pehe]

Sternbergia is still flowering...

Sternbergia greuteriana
Sternbergia sicula Dodona Gold

Poul

[hadacekf]

In my meadow the Sternbergia flowering too.

Sternbergia sicula

[pehe]

Probably the last flowers of Sternbergia sicula 'Dodona Gold'

It has been a very long season this year. Sicula has flowered from August until end of November!

Poul