New Bulbs from Berkeley
I received my package from the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden yesterday. Among a few Aloe and Agave, I got one tiny bulb (ca. 1/2 inch diameter x 1.7 inches high) of Brunsvigia gregaria and a larger bulb (almost 2 inches diameter) of B. josephinae. They were out of B. grandiflora. I wonder if the josephinae will reach bloom size during my lifetime? and if it would bloom in Indiana even if it did get big enough? The B. litoralis that bloomed sure took a long time!
Berkeley Botanical Garden seems to be getting into mail order sales now -- lucky for me, since otherwise it would be a 3 day drive by car or 4 or 5 hours by plane to shop there!
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