I never heard bergenia called pigsqueak either...JC i had to go back and reread the thread so I knew what you were talking about!
Yep - truly a fresh a clean clear air!!! Love ATP!

The common name of Pig Squeak fascinated me from childhood. We had a bed of it at the front of the house. One of my mom's favorite plants.

Haha, names like that make me wonder where they come from.

Here are a couple Asiatic Lilies that I bought as a plant (not bulb), so if I didn't take pictures soon I'm not sure there would be much left to take pictures of.
I still should probably deadhead but we've been getting some good rain, so maybe tomorrow...

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I should've taken pictures of this about a week ago. It was much more impressive, but I got busy and totally forgot.

JC I have several lillies that come back each year that were bought as plants!! So yours should be just fine!! Deadheading for the first couple of years is a good idea, but as long as you mulch heavily in fall, they'll be fine! They look great!

Thanks!

I'm sure they will come back next year (hopefully ).
I just meant that by the time I actually get everything finished and take pictures they probably won't be much to look at.

I was working in the yard and realized I never took a picture of this semp when I got it around a week ago.
It was really beat up and in a way-too-tiny pot so I had to rescue it from the nursery.
It's starting to come back and at 9 1/8" it's currently my largest semp by far.

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Wow JC what a great semp! I have this one and can't wait for it to get full sized!!

I really like it too. I was shocked how large it was once it started to open up after I got it out of the tiny pot.

I love how quickly the larger ones re-establish too!!!

Very nice J. C.

Nice big one!

Thanks!

Well, all semps are officially planted (just finished today). Now time to finish planting all the other things...

I finished planting all my stuff today too!! Congrats!

Congrats to you as well, and thanks again!

I can't wait to see how they do in your neck of the woods! I'm sure with the winters you get, your spring colors are going to be really cool!!

Me too, did you notice any of the cultivars that were much less tolerant of full sun than others?
I think they'll be okay but it appears we skipped spring this year and the sun is already really harsh.

I'd shield all of your new semps (from all your sources) for a couple of weeks and slowly give them more sun, until they are in full sun! My troughs, which all your semps came out of are in full sun until about 4pm and then they are shaded by my friend's house - so I still consider that full sun, but it probably isn't really full sun, if you get me!!

Cool - thanks, will do!

Where are you in Kansas JC?

In central Kansas.