Bulbs: What is blooming in your garden?, 1 by dmj1218

dmj1218 wrote:
They do here, they also do in San Antonio (obvious from link below) and I know people in Austin that they also naturalize for, I also know others in Houston and Woodville Texas that they naturalize for too. So why not for you? They naturalize and are perennial here in the ground.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/78298/

Some varieties of this species (and they are all variations on the species) do a little better for me than others. This one also does well, it has buds but not blooming yet for me; it's in a shadier area:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/108557/

I have these large planters out front (3' wide x 4' deep) for the neighbors to enjoy and also so the HOA is not as aware of what I am doing out back--although since they are replacing the back fence soon; I guess they will soon have a better idea, although I still think they will be clueless. They do well in the planter's too as this picture shows. Next fall I'm going to put in a large bed on the west slope under a bay tree I detest on the west side of the house. That should provide the "baking" that they really like as they go down.