Dracunculus vulgaris My new plant. 2007

Dracunculus vulgaris My new plant for 2007

Dracunculus vulgaris My new plant. http://xrl.us/u9j9 11 March 2007 Zone 5.

Three Dracunculus vulgaris bulbs were ordered last fall. Two in the pictures were planted on 4 October 2006. One bulb was planted in the outdoor garden and heavily mulched to see if it will survive the winter in Zone 5. It appears the two in the pots are doing well. It is my hope that I will have blooms this year. This is the first year for this plant. It is always fun to have a new rather exotic plant each year. The growth pictures will be updated when something epochal occurs.

I transplanted once to this larger pot on the 25 February 2007 , and observed that the root system is extensive almost filling the smaller pot. It is a warm day so I put them out into the sun even though there is snow on the ground.

http://www.paghat.com/voodoolily.html URL to some detail about the plant.

http://arum.notlong.com/ 23 March 2007
Dracunulus vulgaris aka Arum dracunulus has survived outdoor planting in Zone 5. I removed the mulch about a week ago and found the shoot up about 3 inches today.

http://Vulgaris.notlong.com 10 April 2007
The dracunulus vulgaris is in bloom. When the greenhouse door was opened this morning there was strong odour similar to the odor of shell fish cooking. It permeated the greenhouse, hence the association with the name.

Durgan.