Month: October 2008

gloriosus x elegans — Koopowitz

Here is one of Harold Koopowitz’s beautiful fall-bloomers, in bloom today in Livermore. (It came out about a week ago). It has a lovely delicate scent, and must provide a delicious bulb, as some critter (I’m guessing a squirrel) dug…

P. maritimum

Attached a photo, taken on 2006-07-31, of P. maritimum growing in a very well drained soil in a pot in my garden. In Italy it is still abundant along the coasts of Southern Italy and in Liguria. The bulbs look very much…

Beach Grower- more information

Here’s some very detailed information for those who are interested. Taken from Wikipedia: Pancratium maritimum, or sea daffodil, is a species of Amaryllidaceae native to the Mediterranean region and south-western Europe. That plant can also be seen on the south…