We hope you have enjoyed the SRGC Forum. You can make a Paypal donation to the SRGC by clicking the above button

Author Topic: Urginea/Drimia maritima - how to look after in winter  (Read 1799 times)

fixpix

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 149
  • Country: ro
Urginea/Drimia maritima - how to look after in winter
« on: November 15, 2016, 11:02:24 PM »
Hello everyone,
A couple months ago i was gifted two huge bulbs. They didn't have any leaves.
Most of my gardening here in the UK is in containers, pots so i planted them in plastic pots, quite large, in very gritty soil, but quite a lot of the bulb exposed.
Now one is starting to leaf out. Winter is near, rains a lot, little sunlight (location is shady anyway) what should i do? Leave them outside, cover/protect from rain/cold, bring them inside...a bit tricky as there's little room for two big pots.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Calin
Some of my creations :)
http://edenium.sunphoto.ro/

ikizzeki

  • Jr. Member
  • **
  • Posts: 92
  • Country: tr
Re: Urginea/Drimia maritima - how to look after in winter
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2016, 08:20:16 PM »
Here, Antalya Turkey, it grows freely almost every soil conditions, and any one doesnt pay attention. :)
Here is full Mediterranean climate,means hot and drought long summer,rainy warm winter, no snow..
I hope ıt would be usefull.

pehe

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1033
  • Country: dk
  • Autumn flowering bulbs
Re: Urginea/Drimia maritima - how to look after in winter
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2016, 07:11:28 PM »
Calin,
I have grown Urginea maritime for about 6 years in large clay pots with a gritty compost. About half of the bulbs are above the compost.
I keep them in my glass house all year around - in summer (when they are dormant) to give them a hot dry 'bake'. In winter i insulate the glasshouse with bubble plast and heat it to about 4 C.
In that period they have big leaves, but they handle the low light level quite well.
In general they flower every second year.
I have tried them outside, but they did not survive our cold Winter, with temperatures down to about -10 C.

Poul
Poul Erik Eriksen in Hedensted, Denmark - Zone 6

Véronique Macrelle

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 596
  • Country: fr
Re: Urginea/Drimia maritima - how to look after in winter
« Reply #3 on: November 27, 2016, 07:30:02 AM »
I am in zone 7, in the north of France. I have Urginea maritima outside, in the ground, in front of a wall exposed to the south. It survives, completely buried. It has only bloomed once in 10 years. Some winters, its leaves freeze, they are too large to protect them from a bell.

Maggi Young

  • Forum Dogsbody
  • Global Moderator
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 44762
  • Country: scotland
  • "There's often a clue"
    • International Rock Gardener e-magazine
Re: Urginea/Drimia maritima - how to look after in winter
« Reply #4 on: November 27, 2016, 01:28:23 PM »
Welcome to the forum, Véronique  :)
Margaret Young in Aberdeen, North East Scotland Zone 7 -ish!

Editor: International Rock Gardener e-magazine

Karaba

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 468
  • Country: fr
    • My 2015-2016 seed list (in french)
Re: Urginea/Drimia maritima - how to look after in winter
« Reply #5 on: November 27, 2016, 03:07:28 PM »
Same as Maggi : Bienvenue Véro, premier pas sur le forum de la SRGC. First step on SRGC forum  ;)
Yvain Dubois - Isère, France (Zone 7b)  _ south east Lyon

fixpix

  • Full Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 149
  • Country: ro
Re: Urginea/Drimia maritima - how to look after in winter
« Reply #6 on: November 27, 2016, 09:59:24 PM »
Thank you all for your messages.
For now the two large clau pots are outside. Thry seem ok.
The one that showed some green leaves seems to have stopped,  maybe because of the cold weather.
Will see how they endure the winter here.
Some of my creations :)
http://edenium.sunphoto.ro/

 


Scottish Rock Garden Club is a Charity registered with Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR): SC000942
SimplePortal 2.3.5 © 2008-2012, SimplePortal