Hello everyone,
These and a number of other poets have been rescued from the Shaws Nature Reserve west of Saint Louis, MO. Certain areas will be turned into native prairie grasslands. As the poets are not native they have to go. These were dug in bud, so I didn’t know what I was getting. Looks like I lucked out, as some are very nice in my eyes. I can find little information on poeticus physaloides, but in E A Bowles Book “The Narcissus” one of the defining characterics is an exaggerated inflation of the spathe. These spathes seem to be filled with air before the bud emerges. They are very fragrant, the brilliant crimson corona ring is very intense and seems more color fast than most poets. Any information, any of you can provide would be greatly appreciated.
Regards and Happy New Year.
Larry Force
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Larry…………..do these and other poets bloom this early all the time in Miss.? They are just lovely. Thanks for showing them.
Barbara in Corvallis, OR
Barbara, I think the photos were dated 09, so I’m guessing they were last year’s blooms, but they are gorgeous, aren’t they!? Thanks for posting them, Larry. I hope you get some info on them.
Becky
B Weber wrote:
These look very much like the daffodils of my childhood in rural southern Boone County, Missouri, which we called “Narcissus”. I’ve since rescued several clumps from abandoned farmsteads and roadside demolition sites thanks tof a recent rural highway doubling project boom in my area. If these are what they look like to me, they are hardy and prolific – I’ve even found bulbs that were accidentally dropped on the way to other parts of my yard the previous year from when I was lifting and separating them, laying on top of the grass, bulb completely exposed after a central Missouri winter – blooming away completely indifferent to their situation!
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