Anyone else planting bulbs?

[undeterred]

I just went out and got a whole bunch for spring...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I got a bunch, too.

I'll plant them later this week, when it cools off. Too damn hot today to work outside. In Minnesota. In October (WTF?).

[undeterred]

3. Yeah the fun part is picking them out and imagining them

I put the hard work off till next weekend.

[Deja Q]

2. I did, but whether they be 25 watt or 100, neither will grow very tall...

:hide:

[undeterred]

4. You should bury them just to mess with the squirrels who dig them up

and take a bite. :evilgrin:

[sarge43]

5. Of course

We'll be planting o/a a 100 daffodils.

[yellowdogintexas]

6. I purchased Iris and daylilies but do not have them planted yet

It really is just a bit too early.

[Gormy Cuss]

7. I will be soon.

I put in at least another 40 daffodils each fall and a few irises. This year I scored some very inexpensive amaryllis belladonna bulbs -- they grow foliage in the winter rainy season then seem to go dormant for awhile before bursting into bloom in the middle of the hot dry summer.

[yellowdogintexas]

8. DO.WANT! Those are cool!

I have these red things which are called rain lilies that may be related, they look similar anyway. Mine burst into bloom when we had a heavy rain in September.

[Gormy Cuss]

11. These flowers are also called "Naked Ladies"

That photo doesn't do them just either. Most of the naturalized ones near here have multiple bloom stocks, each with 3 or 4 blooms. I've seen them in catalogs for $$$ but at a local nonprofit garden sale they were selling them for less than a dollar each. I'll be planting them in my xeric garden in the hottest, driest part of the yard.

[Eagle_Eye]

9. I planted one last year

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I would like to plant a few energy efficient ones this year.

[begin_within]

14. And they have a very nice fragrance

not very strong but a sweet fragrance. There are some that appear in my yard even though I never planted them. Somebody must have years ago.

[BrotherBuzz]

16. That's why we call them naked ladies. Our's bloom around mid-August

I just found out that if you leave the bloom on too long, there is a good chance they will fail to bloom the next year. I was told to hack the stem off before it dries out and the foliage appears.

[Gormy Cuss]

19. Didn't know about the bloom issue.

There are lots of them in the East Bay on untended slopes. From what Sunset says the bulbs are fussy about lifting and planting times. If it's not done shortly after the blooming period the bulbs won't flower for several years.

Hacking off the stems before foliage sounds like a prudent move.

[BrotherBuzz]

20. Old abandoned homesteads have always been a good source for Amaryllis

That's where a few of my sets have come from. In the wild, the stalks aren't removed, but they might more prolific if the stems were removed. The sets I see in bloom in the wild appear from about half the bulbs. I'm thinking the individual bulbs may bloom every other year without our help.

[undeterred]

21. those are so pretty!

[Burma Jones]

10. I did, but the Lamp didn't come up in the spring

[radfringe]

13. maybe cause you planted the bulb wrong side up?

and the lamp grew down?

[SmokingJacket]

12. Garlic bulbs, wee hee!! nt

[Roon]

15. My ex-lover planted hundreds of bulbs around the property

years ago. I think about him every spring when they come up.

[Kali]

17. apparently

this thread was just residing under this thread: "ya know, sometimes augmented breasts just aren't enough to keep me interested":rofl:

[tigereye]

18. I was waiting for it to cool off and rain a little

so the ground isn't so hard.