I can't decide where to put this 'bulb'
(what a bulb! - it is fantastic like a decoration itself!)
If some of you have it/seen it maybe you could advice mebecause I have
never seen it for real.
- should I rather let it have a place very much for itself since it is a
big thing?
or
is it ok to have it with some lilies around .. or will this last steel the
shime form both?
I wonder how much it spread the leaves - it is suppose to become over 2
meters, maybe more?
Thanks for any answer
:) Arnhild - z8'er in chilly latitude 60 - Hardanger in Norway
*All the flowers of all the of tomorrows are in the seeds of today*
Arnhild,
It sounds like a small, temporary tree. The books I have say it has dense
basal rosettes, with leaves about 2 to 4 feet long. Flowering stems reach
up from there...and it sounds like it would outcompete your lilies.
To be honest...I'd put it by itself, with annuals around it until you figure
out how much room it wants. You might want lilies around it that first year
or so...but see how far those roots reach out. The roots on my eremurus are
far reaching and compete well...very well...but they don't like
disturbances. You might want to move your lilies just as the eremurus roots
reach into that zone, and neither plant would like it.
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsett@blueriver.net
A root is a flower that disdains fame.
I was in my 'friend-club' yesterday - and we were dicussing among other
things this Eremurus. And one aksed if they multiply (or 'spread'?) to new
bulbs side by side aas most bulbs?, so we get more than one stalk blooming
in the same place? Or if that was what we wanted, we had to plant more than
one bulb? But even *one* bulb costs about 110 Nkr ordinary here, (about
12-13 US dollar?), so .... we hoped it would 'spread' it self?
I have seen picture in the book I have about bulbs big fields full of
Eremurus, but might be spread by seeds? Not like creeping in the soil. Is
just a pity this book does not tell how to grow them, only shows pictures
and tell where they are wild .. so it is nice, but not so good for
gardening this book.
Arnhild - bulb planter these days ...
Arnhild, one of my reference books says this is propagatable by seed and by
careful division of the brittle roots. Maybe Tom Clothier has info on seed
propagation. Have you bookmarked www.anet-chi.com/~manytimes ? This is a
very rich site for propagation information. Regards, Margaret
Arnhild,
_A to Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants_ suggests that eremurus can be
propagated by seeds sown in containers in a coldframe in autumn...or by
careful separation of those brittle roots after flowering. Several sources
suggest that you wait until fall...and division might be useful every three
or four years or so.
And this source suggests that you may need a handsaw to get it apart
successfully...I imagine that a saw might reduce the chance of damaging
brittle roots.
http://www.taunton.com/fg/features/techniques/dividing_perennials/3.htm
Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsett@blueriver.net
A root is a flower that disdains fame.
... yes - propegating by seeds I can understand and I have bookmarked that
site you mentioned Margaret - Tom is very nice and answer questions if you
mail him about something not mentiond in his site.
But - the point for me was more how this my first bulb would behave, if it
would send up more than one flowering stalk after a year or three - or I
had to wait years until 'offspring' bulbs got big enough to give flowers
too, and how fast that would go - or it had to come from seeds that
germinate side by side of mamabulb. I would like to have morethan one
blooming atthis place.
Does anyone know if it needs limy soil - I have not found this written
about E.robusta, but read about another Eremurus need limy soil .. and my
soil does not at all have high pH, so I will give it some lime if it needs it?
:) Arnhild - z8'er in chilly latitude 60 - Hardanger in Norway
*All the flowers of all the of tomorrows are in the seeds of today*
