Charles de Meurville (first) Firecrest, Lucida and one of Mayla's babies popped buds this week, let the Summer commence!
ehah
Regards, andy
This message was edited May 1, 2005 2:00 AM
ahah, the waterlilies are waking up
How exciting for you Andy Ü....I'll be waiting another month (at least) before I see my Firecrest and Mayla bloom again. :(
Well there is an ulterior motive for starting this thread, I'll be curious to hear if there is any sort of pattern as to what hardy waterlilies bloom first for folk over different parts of the continent... Perhaps a feature from marliacs cross breeding with red waterlilies from Northern Europe, going way back
It seems the pinks and the reds pop first... Froebeli is usually earliest here, though that was harshly divided last year, so far it is only the pinks or reds popping first...
I do wonder if the yellows tend to start later
Regards, andy
None of mine have any buds yet :( But the weather is warm and we've got a bunch of pads so hopefully it won't be too long.
Many of mine were also harshly divided in the fall so it will be interesting to see which will bloom. Speaking of which may we all have a much warmer and sunnier summer this year!!!! ;)
yay, yesterday the first water hyacinth flowered, gosh, the waters in the full sun positions are 66°f so, goodoh, I can start planting out the lotus seedlings and the tropical waterlilies...
regards, andy
WOW Andrew, it must be warmer up there than it has been here. My hyacinth are hanging on.
I do have Perrys Baby Red Blooming and a tropical Electra (but I cheated with her as she was started in the house:)
oh quit bragging you two! ;)
I better not mention Indiana has five open, Splendida has three, Charles de Meurville six etc etc
Whoops!
Regards, andy
LOLOLOL........oh well the north's turn is coming. ;)
FINALLY they are starting to bloom here! ;) I must admit tho that I was busy at work and they weren't planted out until near the end of May (others that planted earlier here had blooms start about two weeks ago). Mine are also very dormant when I plant them out.......I overwinter them in a cold, but not freezing, basement fridge.
I've forgotten the name of this one.....it's one of the first ones I purchased about 10 years ago.
The flower is about 3/4 of an inch wide (excuse the pot I'll sink it once the bloom's finished and my foot is healed).
Do you know it's name Andy?
Besides the waterlilies here which have been double checked a few times, I don't have much in the way of references for other waterlilies, though the little bell rings 'Aurora' when looking at your photo. You could google for images that name as well as 'Graziella'
If it is an early bloom, the colour may have some strengthening to do before it shows its full colour tone...
Regards, andy
This message was edited Jun 26, 2005 5:36 AM
It might be 'Aurora' (that name rings a bell here now too).....I haven't purchased 'Little Sue' (unless my father brought it over from his ponds many years ago). I wondered about the colour changes it might go through as well.
Thanks Andy! Ü