Bulbs: Show us your Summer Bulbs & Discussion Part 3, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
The Eucomis is scented, I hadn't noticed it before but it's only just getting to fully open stage. I had forgotten to check but bent down near it and it hit me (the scent!), it does smell rather like my Cimicifuga James Compton. I have read that it (cimicifuga)doesn't have a pleasant scent, mine does and is a sweet musky scent. It reminds me more of Yakka, as in the Australian plant, not Yucca. Even though it isn't what it was supposed to be, I really can't grumble!

boojum, time to start growing Eucomis, there are some really interesting ones.

http://www.theafricangarden.com/page40.html

kb, I started my eucomis bicolor in pots, they didn't like it when it got hot in the greenhouse so I planted them in a semi-shaded spot. That was 2000, they set seed everywhere and the seedlings have now matured and flowered. They grow amongst Delphinium and wherever else they put themselves, I have left them where they are happy.

I'm not sure about putting this one in the ground until I have spares, it seems to like the heat more. If it makes seed I'll be dancing.

Which hardy glads do you have? I have G papilio, communis ssp. byzantinus and now dalenii from seed last year, getting big quick. I am straining at the leash to grow as many species glads as I can, when I feel I have caught up with myself! I have a papilio starting to flower now, a couple of flowers open, I love them.

Have I shown you my Roscoea auriculata? This is one I grew from seed, in the 6th year now and ready to plant out. The original one I took the seed from is overcrowded and needs dividing, plus it has self sets growing around it. This one is paler than normal, it's fading but looked so pretty against the Red Baron. It's difficult to get the purplish colour anyway.