Allium 2011

[Maggi Young]

Hi, Fred and McMark.... there is no signe of insect or animal damage. We have had very good, warm and sunny weather recently which has made a lot of lush growth.
The stems that have been affected, in two different cultivars...... and don't ask which because Ian didn't label them when he planted them for me and I have no recollection  ......
have suffered the thinning and collapse in sections just above the level of the surrounding vegetation.
Our  warm weather has changed in the last while to some frosts and much colder days with quite strong winds...... so it may be the stress of the softish stems meeting the cold wind...... poor things!

Keeping a eye on others to see how they fare.  

[fermi de Sousa]

Plants would get tender and pumped up with water under consistently mild conditions, their softened growth not hardened off by stronger sunlight and dryness, and then on a warm or hot sunny day plants would flag,

Mark,
Maggi is talking about Aberdeen, y'know!
 
Actually we had lovely weather in Aberdeen as well as the rest of Europe - a bit of a waste of space carrying the heavy jumpers all the way over here!
cheers
fermi (still in Coimbra)

[Arykana]

[bulborum]

I am desperate waiting for a few mm water
in two months just one day with a little rain
just garlic loves this it seems
I never had such nice garlics

Arykana is it Nectaroscordum bulgaricum ??
or what is the name nowadays

Roland

[Arykana]

yes, this is the bulgaricum
I just started to collect alliums - not so succesfull, cannot get seeds

[PeterT]

I will have a few Allium seeds soon Erica, I will put them on a thread of spare bulbs and seeds.

[Lvandelft]

Arykana is it Nectaroscordum bulgaricum ??
or what is the name nowadays

Roland

Here you will find out more about the naming of this moment 
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1315.msg202023#msg202023

[WimB]

That's a lovely Allium, Erica.

Here Allium oreophyllum 'Agalik's Giant' is in flower now.

[bulborum]

Hello Luit

It would not wonder me
if they change the name again
for me it is not an Allium
I have never seen an Allium without bees
this one is just visited by bumblebees

Roland

[Lvandelft]

Hello Luit

It would not wonder me
if they change the name again
for me it is not an Allium
I have never seen an Allium without bees
this one is just visited by bumblebees

Roland

Roland, wait and see 
Did you believe that taxonomists go outside to observe the flowers and how they grow?
May be I did once, but that is very many years ago   

[bulborum]

Maybe this is the reason
they make so many mistakes

Roland

[PeterT]

It is said that taxonamists are either chemists or gardeners
but very rarely both

[bulborum]

I don't believe they are gardeners
It would be good if they would have
a few times a year black fingers
like Japanese directors
they work also at the workplace sometimes
just to stay in the real world

I always can use some volunteers 
and there always plants to determinate
after weeding

Roland

[John85]

About allium oreophyllum
Can someboby tell me why the bulbs made plenty(really plenty) of small bulblets instead of flowers this year.They were fed every year with a fertiliser with a high potash content and the bulbs have plenty of space.

[ArnoldT]

Planting depth may contribute to offsets vs flowering.  I've seen the need to plant deeper with some bulbs like Frits and Crocus.