ROOT VARIATION 
Roots vary in-size and texture according to variety. Some are thick and 
fleshy and may have a spread 9 feet in diameter. Others are thin and 
shriveled and have a comparatively small root system. All types can pro- 
duce magnificent spikes, and it is incorrect to assume that the small, thin 
root system denotes an inferior plant. 
TRANSPLANTING 
Because these plants are so active during their growing season, they 
should not be moved until they have become dormant. From the middle 
of August until the fall rains have moistened the ground a few inches, they 
may be taken up, divided and transplanted. After the moisture comes, 
they make a feeder root growth which, if disturbed, may cause an injury 
or the loss of the bloom for the following year. Transplanting sometimes 
sets a root back and it may not bloom for a year or two thereafter, par- 
ticularly if it is moved to a new environment. This should not discourage 
one, however, for the spectacular blooms produced after the plant has 
become well established are worth waiting for. Once established, a plant 
should bloom for many years. 
PROPAGATION FROM SEED 
EREMURI may be raised from seed if one has the patience to wait 
from four to ten years for a bloom. The seeds do not germinate easily. 
They require long periods of below-freezing weather and may remain in 
the ground for two or three years before germinating. 
The first year a seedling has only a thin, grass-like leaf and usually 
produces only one rootlet, which goes ‘straight down like a radish. Its 
growth is completed early in the spring, after which the leaves turn brown. 
Do not conclude that your seedlings are dying and give them water to 
try to revive them. They are only dormant and should be kept as dry as 
possible during the summer. They will come up again the following spring, 
producing larger leaves than the first year. Each year the rootlets, too, 
will increase in size and number. After the third year, seedlings should be 
transplanted and given more room for growth. Jp, Wk VERS 
PLEASE KEEP THIS LEAFLET AND READ IT CAREFULLY. 
IT CONTAINS ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED FOR THE 
SUCCESSFUL CULTURE OF EREMURUS. 
MONTGOMERY GARDENS 
P. O. Box 246 COLVILLE, WASHINGTON 
