Bulbs: What is blooming in your garden?, 0 by dmj1218

dmj1218 wrote:
Rock and mineral collecting--its a free hobby if you find them yourself (all the fun of it I think). Can't beat a free hobby!

A few things are starting up here (key word, starting up--lol).

I do a lot of rain lilies just because they are so perfectly adapted to my climate and I do love them so. I have one Habranthus hybrid sending up bud scapes now. I've done Zephyranthes and Habranthus for a while now and I swear they communicate and conspire with each other--I'm beginning to think they are cunning little creatures and not bulbs at all. I have them sprinkled like salt on french fries all around the property. Usually they fight each season over who will bloom first; and usually Zephyranthes x 'Ruth Page' and/or Habranthus martinezii bloom together first. So I should have that in a few days if the warm weather holds up and a cold snap doesn't slow it down.

I love Freesia species and Freesia laxa's. I have 4 F laxa's and 5 species. They are coming to life. I have Freesia alba and Freesia leichtlini (the latter heavily budded out) probably blooming tomorrow or day after. As far as the F laxa's go--the blue F laxa var azurea (the pale blue one) prefers colder weather here and was at its peak in January, when little else was blooming. Its still blooming but is heavily developing seeds right now. I put a couple of PlantFiles pictures in then. The red is covered in scapes and really will be at its peak later. Nice to have something red down here in the spring to go along with all the yellow, white, blue, and pink regular spring bulbs. These guys are really small bulbs and really pull themselves down deep here when it starts getting late in the season--probably to escape our heat. If I want to easily find them to dig them--I have to put a lot of them in pots. Just a few are opening up now.