Bulbs: Lets honour all our other spring treasures...Part II, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
Nectaroscordum siculum subsp.bulgaricum is one I have not yet managed to get, although I am often tempted, lol, maybe next year. It is beautiful but I haven't had success with some alliums, one I have with a very long name is doing well though.

The 'male pollinators' being the things sticking out which would hold pollen. Beneath those would be some small 'flowers' looking more like tiny bulbs, insects may crawl in and carry the pollen with them to the 'flowers' below, or the pollen might just drop to them anyway. I had two sets of beetles I had never seen before in my Dracunculus vulgaris, one pair on one day, the next day another pair. It looked like it would make seeds but didn't, but it seems it did attract the pollinators.

5am is too early for me dale, I feel for you, but I guess it's cooler then.

An Alstroemeria I have had for about 10 years now, it has survived in a tub outside but has dwindled so I rescued a piece to keep in a pot in the greenhouse over winter which is now increasing nicely.