I just had to tell somebody II

Yesterday one of my two types of Dierama grown from seeds presented me with the first flowers: pretty, pretty as can be!!!!

The plant is in a pot and not taller than 1 1/2'. The flowerstem is a bit larger and the flowers ...... incredibly beautiful deep magenta bells. I wish I had a camera to show you.

This one took 3 years to flourish from seeds, as many other bulb/tuber/rhyzom plants.

The other plant I have (that has not flourished so far) is Dierama pulcherrima, but I do not have an ID for this one. Can anybody help?

Congratulations Ursula! Gosh! You must have done wonders babying all your seedlings along! How exciting!

Hello,Ursula.

Let me offer you my best congratulations on your success in getting Dierama finally to bloom!
Since I don't know D so well I can't make the Id, but the following site might be of some help:

http://www.secretseeds.com/acatalog/index2.html?http%3A//www.secretseeds.com/acatalog/Campanula.html&CatalogBody

Among the Tropaeolum seeds you sent me four T.tricolorum have germinated all right. Two types of schizanthus ,and quite a few Adenophora and Campanula as well are growing well. There'll be such a number of flowers marked �gUrsula"
in my garden�@next year �I Thank you so much.


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Thanks Shelly. I just love careing for seedlings and watch them grow. It is such great reward to see them finally flourishing! This is also a way to obtain plants (1) I could hardly afford otherwise, or (2) are not available here, such as Dieramas.

Hello TomTom! Great to hear from you.

I'm so pleased that the seeds I sent you are doing well. It could hardly be otherwise in your expert hands! Interesting link - thanks.

Congratulations Ursula. It's a proud moment when one of your "children" does well.

Best of luck for your flowers, Ursula!

Thanks BastetMau, you got it: they are my little girls!

Anna, you are very sweet. Thank you.

Congratulations Ursula! It takes a lot of patience for some seeds and you sure have it!

Thank you, Weeds. Yes, I am very patient when it comes to seeds/plants. However, must confess it's not the same with other stuff (LOL).