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Plants for mediterranean gardens => Bulbs (including other geophytes with corms, tubers, rhizomes etc) => Topic started by: Umbrian on October 30, 2014, 10:49:01 AM

Title: Pancratium maritimum
Post by: Umbrian on October 30, 2014, 10:49:01 AM

I have just harvested 18 seeds from my Pancratium maritimum  - they look like pieces of liquorice  :)
What should I do now? - should they be planted immediately and in what kind of medium?

Title: Re: Pancratium maritimum
Post by: Miriam on October 30, 2014, 08:53:56 PM

Now is the right time to sow the seeds.
Sow them in a gritty mix 5mm deep.

Title: Re: Pancratium maritimum
Post by: Umbrian on October 31, 2014, 07:27:59 AM

Thanks Miriam, will do and keep my fingers crossed :)

Title: Re: Pancratium maritimum
Post by: John J on August 08, 2018, 07:32:40 AM

Our Pancratium plants come back every year without fail. Below is the first of this season.

Title: Re: Pancratium maritimum
Post by: Alisdair on August 08, 2018, 08:12:53 AM

Lovely!

Title: Re: Pancratium maritimum
Post by: JTh on August 08, 2018, 09:35:11 AM

This was a response to something I discovered was an old posting, but it seems to be impossible to remove it completely.

Title: Re: Pancratium maritimum
Post by: John J on August 09, 2018, 08:07:45 AM

Our plants were grown from seed collected on a beach in Crete around 8 years ago so they have by now got substantial underground storage organs and come back stronger every year. We sow seeds from them into free-draining soil and they germinate well.