Altheabyanothername said:RJ just breathtaking! Do you stagger your bulbs starting to have a longer season or are they all started at once?
Blessings for a wonderful week!
Hi Sharon, no I do not stagger them, I just bring them out of the basement at the same time just add water, they seem to come up when they are good and ready. We had a cool spring, but I was able to get them out around the 2nd week in April. I leave them on my porch for approx 1 month to ease them into the spring. This is the first time that all of them have buds, I had a few that were on the smaller side and finally decided to rebud this year.
With the cooler weather the flowers really lasted for a long time. I have also found that they seem to do better with multiple bulbs in a pot, one pot has five bulbs, most have 3, I believe that it helps to prevent having soggy roots and rot from the watering.
After they are done blooming I just put the containers in with my hostas to do their photosynthesis thing.
