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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: mark smyth on May 26, 2013, 05:35:52 PM

Title: Paris - maybe not a bulb?
Post by: mark smyth on May 26, 2013, 05:35:52 PM

Sorry I cant remember what a Paris grows from.

Several years ago I bought a Paris from Ian Christie. His words were something like - look after it and don't lose it.

Its now spreading fast in my tiny woodland bed. I know where I planted it but cant find the label. Can someone tell me which Paris this is?

Title: Re: Paris - maybe not a bulb?
Post by: mark smyth on May 26, 2013, 05:36:29 PM

Should I be pollinating it?

Title: Re: Paris - maybe not a bulb?
Post by: Maggi Young on May 26, 2013, 06:59:09 PM

Paris quadrifolia - they do not always have only four leaves - and it grows from a rhizome- so not a "bulb" for show rules but with a "lumpy underground storage organ" it fits in here  ;)
Yes pollinate it -  it looks like something has been at work already so you may as well finish the job. You might not get seed but it's always worth  a try.

Title: Re: Paris - maybe not a bulb?
Post by: mark smyth on May 26, 2013, 08:05:09 PM

Thanks Maggi. I got seeds last year and just let them lie. No sign of seedlings

Title: Re: Paris - maybe not a bulb?
Post by: Robin Callens on May 26, 2013, 10:04:44 PM

Seed of paris quadrifolia and of all other Paris species only produces a small radicle after the first winter. The first leaf (cotyledon) emerges after the second winter.

Robin

Title: Re: Paris - maybe not a bulb?
Post by: mark smyth on May 26, 2013, 11:30:21 PM

Thanks - so don't weed too roughly

Title: Re: Paris - maybe not a bulb?
Post by: bulborum on May 27, 2013, 09:02:10 AM

They like to grow undisturbed
I have a few different clones from France , Netherlands , Belgium , Germany and Slovakia for you if you are interested

Roland

Title: Re: Paris - maybe not a bulb?
Post by: mark smyth on May 27, 2013, 05:45:56 PM

Roland how different are they?

Title: Re: Paris - maybe not a bulb?
Post by: mark smyth on May 27, 2013, 08:21:11 PM

Maybe this is the one Ian told me to look after

Title: Re: Paris - maybe not a bulb?
Post by: Maggi Young on May 27, 2013, 09:00:57 PM

I think that one is  a P. polyphylla

Title: Re: Paris - maybe not a bulb?
Post by: bulborum on May 27, 2013, 10:05:05 PM

Not really different mark
I never found interesting forms or shapes
its more the size from them
They all naturalise well and make good seed
probably because of the cross pollination
Many paris are a little boring but intriguing

Roland