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Maggi Young:
New Bulb Log  http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Aug121439373449BULB_LOG_3215.pdf

Robert:
Ian,

I certainly appreciate your comments about propagating our garden plants, both by seed and cuttings. I think about my situation and how my garden has suffered from neglect, and now drought for the past few years. Despite the sad look to the garden, I have many healthy replacement plants waiting in pots ready to go in the ground when the situation changes, and it will change for the better.  :)

Also, there is the excitement of new-to-the-garden seedlings coming along.

I hope all consider your comments, our gardens are always in a state of change - and as you say, our plants want to grow, survive and make our gardens beautiful.

I will very curious the progress of your combination of Sedum spathulifolium ssp. yosemitense and Allium yosemitense. I know how they react here in Inland California. In time, will you be trying this combination both in the glasshouse and out in the garden? I am very keen to see what happens.

I absolutely enjoy visiting your garden every week! There is always something good to learn both from your comments as well as the images.

Ian Y:
Thank you Robert,

I will try the Allium, Sedum combination both under glass and in the garden. For years I only grew Allium yosemitense under glass but since a few years I have plenty, both from division of the bulbs and by seed, so I tried some out side where they have grown well in a sand bed.
luckily the Sedum propagates easily from cuttings so I will have enough for my experiment.

Robert:
Ian,

I appreciate the feedback.

I have only grown forms of Sedum spathulifolium, but not S. yosemitense. In our area, S. spathulifolium is tolerant of summer irrigation as well as going completely dry and rehydrating when the autumn rains return.

For the most part, I keep our native Allium species completely dry during the summer. Knowing that A. yosemitense is tolerant of some summer moisture under your growing conditions is a useful tidbit of information. This summer I found a beautiful natural hybrid of Allium campanulatum x A. validum with intense deep pink flowers. Of coarse, I fret over getting it established. Your information is reassuring that I am proceeding in the right direction. A. validum, Swamp Onion, needs summer irrigation so I am keeping the hybrid slightly moist. I will certainly post a photograph on the forum if I am successful in getting this Allium established.

Maggi Young:
Latest Bulb Log : http://www.srgc.org.uk/…/2015Aug191439982011BULB_LOG_3315.pdf

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