Specialty Gardening: Flowers from yard to vase, 1 by soilsandup

soilsandup wrote:
And finally, a close up of the bloom. The fragrance is wonderful - not overwhelming or too flowerly, but nice and subtle. I got the bulk of my bulbs from a neighbor across the street who was selling their house. Because these plants lose their leaves in the spring and don't green up until after the blooming period in August (hence the common name - naked lady) and she did not want dead plants in her yard for the open house, she dug them all up and planted "presentable" plants in those spots. She left two huge bags of bulbs in my front doorstep and I have been giving them away freely when I thin out my patches. I have them in shade and sun to spread out the blooming period.