Hi Ian,
Thank you so very much for your latest Bulb Log.
I too want to get our Sternbergia out into the open garden. With our climatic conditions I think that we have a good chance at success. Pictured below are a few from our cinderblock garden.
In California, commercial strawberries taste terrible. I have been attempting to breed good tasting day-neutral strawberries. ‘Sequoia’ is a good tasting, old day-neutral strawberry and I have been using this variety in many of my new hybrids. Pictured below are a few hybrids that I have not planted out yet. The results so far are okay, but I have not been “wowed” by the flavor of any of the new hybrids to date.
Alpine Strawberry seed is available here in the U.S.A. Maybe I will try growing some this year. They do taste great, however I am not sure they will like our hot summers. They definitely do not hybridize with commercial type strawberries. This has been attempted many times in the past. Maybe I can get some of the Alpine Strawberry to survive our summer heat and breed for heat tolerance. I already have many projects going. Maybe it is better that I do not add another project.
