Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum

Bulbs => Ian Young's Bulb Log - Feedback Forum => Topic started by: annew on March 18, 2015, 06:32:12 PM

Title: BulbLog 11 - 2015
Post by: annew on March 18, 2015, 06:32:12 PM

Ian, it's lovely to see your bulb houses in full flow. How big are the bulbs of Fritillaria chitralensis? It looks as if the bulb should be huge, too big for the pot you have it in!
Narcissus 'Fringella Group' is delightful, but I did not raise it, it is one of Brian Duncan's. Here is a picture of a couple of square metres of it growing in the open field in Ireland.

Title: Re: BulbLog 11 - 2015
Post by: Chris Johnson on March 19, 2015, 08:30:42 AM

Hi Ian

Another lovely display of flowering bulbs; I'm especially attracted to the fritillaries.

I was also going to ask a question regarding the fritillaria pots - how deep are they?

Chris

Title: Re: BulbLog 11 - 2015
Post by: Ian Y on March 19, 2015, 07:23:26 PM

Thanks Anne, I had presumed it was one of yours great to see it growing in Brian's field, another of the Narcissus greats.

Chris those pots are 9 cms squared and 11cms deep, I could squeeze two mature F. chitralensis bulbs into one of them but then the flowers stems would be touching and I don't like that.

Title: Re: BulbLog 11 - 2015
Post by: Chris Johnson on March 20, 2015, 10:24:13 AM

Thanks Ian, I thought they might have been deeper.

Title: Re: BulbLog 11 - 2015
Post by: Maggi Young on March 20, 2015, 11:33:40 AM

[attachimg=1]

The link for this log  http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Mar181426678143BULB_LOG_1115.pdf (http://www.srgc.org.uk/logs/logdir/2015Mar181426678143BULB_LOG_1115.pdf)