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Name: Lilli Copenhagen, Denmark, EU              IrisLilli Jun 3, 2017 9:05 AM CST |
| It's summer! Time for the summer blooming bulbs and I thought we might start off with some of Legalily's great images: A. Shubertii?   Molly  ...and one from my garden:  A. karataviense You don't know if it will grow until you try! |
Name: Ginny G Central Iowa (Zone 5a) Plant Addict!!            Legalily Jun 3, 2017 10:50 AM CST |
| Yes those are schubertii Be a person that makes others feel special. |
Name: Evelyn Northern CA Sierra foothills - (Zone 8a)          evelyninthegarden Jun 4, 2017 12:20 AM CST |
 Allium moly That's about it for now. I will have more blooms of other plants later. |
South Carolina  Fmwynd Jun 4, 2017 2:23 PM CST |
Here is my blooms so far  |
Name: Ginny G Central Iowa (Zone 5a) Plant Addict!! Legalily Jun 4, 2017 3:26 PM CST |
 Be a person that makes others feel special. |
Oxford UK (Zone 8a)  longk Jun 4, 2017 11:35 PM CST |
The Hippeastrum that I rescued from someones dustbin at christmas is now in bloom in the garden.............. I don't understand growing them as houseplants. They make really good garden specimens (in pots in colder climates like ours) and only really need to be kept dry over the winter (this one was simply under the side porch which has no door or suchlike). The added bonus is that the stem doesn't get ridiculously long like it does when grown indoors. Salvia and anything unusual |
Name: Ginny G Central Iowa (Zone 5a) Plant Addict!! Legalily Jun 5, 2017 6:16 AM CST |
Beautiful longk  Be a person that makes others feel special. |
Name: Lilli Copenhagen, Denmark, EU IrisLilli Jun 5, 2017 8:48 AM CST |
| Nice rescue! Where I live, Hippeastrums are sold at Christmas and thrown away when they are done blooming. My grandmother would keep them and get them to bloom again, but most people don't bother. Maybe because they do not know how to or maybe because it is easier to just get new ones? You don't know if it will grow until you try! |
Name: Ginny G Central Iowa (Zone 5a) Plant Addict!! Legalily Jun 5, 2017 9:16 AM CST |
| First blooms this year-finally! Crimson Pixie  Bad lighting, but so excited to see them I didn't care   Lollipop open but not quite all the way this morning  Be a person that makes others feel special. |
Name: Evelyn Northern CA Sierra foothills - (Zone 8a) evelyninthegarden Jun 5, 2017 12:47 PM CST |
longk said:The Hippeastrum that I rescued from someones dustbin at christmas is now in bloom in the garden..............  I have always wondered about that, and now I realize that I want to grow them outside, as we do not have a lot of indoor room anyway. I think they look much nicer outdoors. I had been thinking that for years now. I just haven't gotten around to getting any to add to the garden yet.  |
Name: Evelyn Northern CA Sierra foothills - (Zone 8a) evelyninthegarden Jun 5, 2017 12:48 PM CST |
| Ginny ~ Very pretty! |
Name: Lilli Copenhagen, Denmark, EU IrisLilli Jun 6, 2017 3:56 AM CST |
| I thought the Muscari comosum 'Plumosum'/Leopoldia comosa I bought last fall would only send up foliage this year, but now it looks as if a few of them are trying to put up blooms: Alliums are still looking good:   A. Purple Sensation  A. karataviense 'Ivory Queen'  A. karataviense  A. 'Mount Everest'   A. christophii   A. siculum/Nectaroscordum siculum   A. multibulbosum/A. nigrum  A. roseum You don't know if it will grow until you try! |
Oxford UK (Zone 8a) longk Jun 6, 2017 5:11 AM CST |
IrisLilli said:Nice rescue!It's the same here. It's not even hard to rebloom them indoors. Salvia and anything unusual |
Oxford UK (Zone 8a) longk Jun 6, 2017 5:14 AM CST |
evelyninthegarden said:I would have thought that they would be hardy there. Am I wrong? Salvia and anything unusual |
Name: Deborah midstate South Carolina (Zone 8a) Don't Sweat the Small Stuff!       Deebie Jun 6, 2017 6:26 AM CST |
In zone 8, in the southeast US, they are hardy in the ground. We get very little snow in winter; the worst problem we have to deal with is a late frost in spring that may burn the leaf tips. You may want to try one bulb and see how well it survives your winters. You may also consider planting in a sheltered location with mulch for additional protection.  |
Name: Ginny G Central Iowa (Zone 5a) Plant Addict!! Legalily Jun 6, 2017 7:42 AM CST |
Lillie your alliums are gorgeous  Lobe them all Be a person that makes others feel special. |
Name: Lilli Copenhagen, Denmark, EU IrisLilli Jun 6, 2017 9:20 AM CST |
Ginny!  I would love to be able to grow Hippeastrums outside... You don't know if it will grow until you try! |
Name: Rj Just S of the twin cities of M (Zone 4b)     crawgarden Jun 6, 2017 9:41 AM CST |
longk said:The Hippeastrum that I rescued from someones dustbin at christmas is now in bloom in the garden.............. Completely agree on using them outside in container, shorter stems and I believe more intense color. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. |
central Illinois          jmorth Jun 8, 2017 2:03 AM CST |
1st Peruvian Daffodil this year, ie -> Ismene or Hymenocallis One of the Pineapples -  Iron Cross (Oxalis)  Crinum  4 scapes to start the show (most ever experienced for first blooming presentation). Lilies 25 different cultivars so far, many to go...from today -    <- Tiny seriesNothing that's been done can ever be changed. |
Name: Lilli Copenhagen, Denmark, EU IrisLilli Jun 8, 2017 7:43 AM CST |
Beautiful!  ...and those pineapples made me giggle!  You don't know if it will grow until you try! |
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