Bulbs: Early Summer bulbs, 0 by DaleTheGardener

DaleTheGardener wrote:
Jmorth,

Foilage about a foot, flowers around 3 feet. I am quite pleased with O. arabicum, it is a summer growing species of a genus that is usually winter growing. I have tried the winter species-big disappointment.

All the bulbs that have come to the USA from S.Africa, the winter growers like Ixia, Freesia etc do terrible here. The summer growers, from the eastern part of S.Aftrica do really well here in Florida. A pleasant surprise. Here is one I just started from seed this spring, I can't wait to show off the flowers next year> http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1684/