Dracunculus vurgaris

[Paul Tyerman]

At 09:26  10/06/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Paul,
>
>The seed heads are obvious.  Like arisaema or arums.  I don't know why some
>would produce seeds and others wouldn't.  I was told to clean and treat them
>like arisama seed and they will do fine.  My neighbors does though.  I have
>also seen his plants do well in full sun and also full shade.  They seem
>real easy.
>

Mark,

They ARE really easy.  I have them in both sun and shade and they do fine.
Flower religiously every year without a problem.  By your description mine
have never seeded, but I can live with that <grin>.

Out of interest, has anyone in Australia had them seed naturally?  I wonder
if we don't have the pollination vector here?  Maybe our flies are a
different size, or whatever would naturally pollinate it just doesn't have
an equivalent here?  Just a thought.

Cheers.

Paul Tyerman
Canberra, Australia.  USDA equivalent - Zone 8
mailto:ptyerman at ozemail.com.au

Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Lilium, Aroids, Irises
plus just about anything else that doesn't move!!!!!