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Title: Narthecium ossifragum
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on December 25, 2008, 11:43:21 PM

Hi all
I am searching for bulbs or seeds of Narthecium ossifragum

Thank you

Alessandro

Title: Re: Narthecium ossifragum
Post by: Maggi Young on December 26, 2008, 01:45:53 PM

Narthecium ossifragum, the Bog Asphodel is one of my favourite plants, Alessandro.... sadly I don't grow it, so if you are successful  in finding a commercial source, I would be delighted to learn it.

Title: Re: Narthecium ossifragum
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on December 27, 2008, 02:09:38 PM

Maggi
thanks for encouragement

Title: Re: Narthecium ossifragum
Post by: Martijn on December 28, 2008, 06:28:29 PM

Dear Maggi and Alessandro,

don´t look further...I can both send you a plant. It is growing in my wet peatbed for several years now.
It is completely frozen now (yes, even in Holland) but i can send plants in spring.

Please send me an e-mail to remind me!

Best wishes for 2009,

Martijn

Title: Re: Narthecium ossifragum
Post by: Maggi Young on December 28, 2008, 06:56:59 PM

Martijn, that would be very kind of you, thanks!

Title: Re: Narthecium ossifragum
Post by: Alessandro.marinello on December 28, 2008, 11:05:41 PM

 thank you Martijn
I have found many photos not the plants :)
Alessandro

Title: Re: Narthecium ossifragum
Post by: gote on December 29, 2008, 10:37:54 AM

Martin,
I tried to grow it a couple of times many years ago but I failed.
I intend to give it a go again this summer.
Can you give some details of your peat bed. How wet, how sunny etc.
Göte

Title: Re: Narthecium ossifragum
Post by: Hans A. on December 29, 2008, 10:52:43 AM

I collected many years ago seeds of this plant in scotland - when I remeber well it was at Glen Brittle, Skye - I grew it many years in a moorbed together with moorlandplants as Sarracenias, Droseras, Dacylorhiza... in very wet conditions in a mix of peat and (limefree) sand in Germany - finally I lost it (and most of the other moorlandplants :'( ) because of a "weedinvasion".

Title: Re: Narthecium ossifragum
Post by: Martijn on December 29, 2008, 08:02:47 PM

Hello Göte,

I grow my plants in a wet peatbed which is in fact an overflow from my pond.

The base of this is black peat: this is peat, dredged from the water. It is not sphagnum. This peat is not as acid as sphagum peat and it contains more nutrients.

This is always wet, moist is not enough! Water is about 3 cm below the base of the plant.

Plants are easely raised from seed, but they take a few years to flower.

Good luck!

Martijn

Title: Re: Narthecium ossifragum
Post by: gote on December 30, 2008, 06:13:01 PM

Thank yopu Martijn!
Very helpful
Göte