Texas Gardening: Gardening with Texas Native Plants & Wildflowers Part 9, 1 by htop

htop wrote:
frostweed, I had been checking to see if the schoolhouse lillies had come up and discovered a couple of small plants blooming where I had planted them. The plants are blooming pink and are 8 inches tall at the most. Upon closer examination, the blooms look just like the red blooming larger schoolhouse lillies except very small. I thought something was wrong with the bulbs I had planted. But, they are Pink Oxblood Lily Rhodophiala bifida var. spathacea which is a dwarf type and supposedly rare. One nusery is selling one 1 inch plus bulb for $28.00. I think I paid 2.99 for smaller bulbs. They are beautiful, but not what I had envisioned growing where I had planted them. I would love to have some of the red schoolhouse lily bulbs when you divide yours if the offer still stands. Here is a quick photo right as the blooms are opening. The foliage around the plant is bulbine, not the liliy.

This message was edited Sep 30, 2005 4:37 PM