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Bulbs => Bulbs General => Topic started by: biodiversite on January 29, 2008, 09:45:28 AM
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Hi everybody,
Scilla aristides from Algeria begins to flowering.
Searching for detaisl about this plant, I found this page http://www.srgc.org.uk/shows/earlybulb/report.html
who is Schneider ? Do you know something more about this scilla ?
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Sorry, Bio, I cannot help you!
It seems that that was the only info Fred had, the name Schneider ! :(
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thanks Maggi, I thought he could be a known collector for example...
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Sorry, Bio, I cannot help you!
It seems that that was the only info Fred had, the name Schneider ! :(
On the occasion of a telephone call with Erich Pasche today I was told that Professor Ingo Schneider from Potsdam collected Scilla aristides in Algeria a long time ago. This species was cultivated at the Botanical Garden of Wuppertal and seeds were distributed from that place.
Gerd
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Well done, Gerd... we might have known that Eric would know all these things! He is a great man in my eyes!
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Thank you Gerd for this complete answer :)
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another species Scilla sibirica in the garden.
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Do you know , Rafa, I believe that many people overlook these little Scillas... yet when one sees the full glory of this flower in your close up photo, it is to see the plant as if for the first time.
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This seems to be turning into the scilla thread so here's Scilla caucasica
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That's a little beauty Andrew.
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I bought a little pot of Scilla sibirica last year and they flowered wonderfully well and when they died back I re-planted them in one of my little rockeries. Result: no Scillas this year, do they need a dry Summer rest, if so they certainly didn't get one last Summer?
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Scilla sibirica in the meadow is a nice little weed!
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Does it get a dry Summer rest Franz?
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a couple more scilla
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David no, but we have for weeks no rain in the summer.
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I agree with Franz that Scilla siberica is a nice weed in the grass The area will turn blue and it can be a fantastic sight.
However, It is not a good idea for a formal lawn. It will not look like a lawn until well after midsummmer.
The grow well in woodland too - nearly too well. they are a nuisance in a collection since they emerge everywhere and are lookalikes until they flower.
I got some buried 25cm down in the middle of everything and I cannot get them out at that depth. The depth does not deter them and unlike galanthus they do not move upwards.
I looked for pictures but since I have the Scillas everywhere I found that I had no pictures :-[ . I post a picture of Chinodoxa instead. Scilla siberica gives a similar effect but darker blue.
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Wow! What a display. Beautiful!!
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The time for early scillas is over but they will still please us for some time. Sorry for the quality of the second picture. It was not an easy task