Here is a picture of my Blood Lily blooming. It is such a cool plant.
:) Donna
Blood Lily
Ohh Perennial Girl...that is soooooooo pretty!!!
that is a very cool plant. I got some in trade in spring, growing but I doubt they will bloom this year. I gave some early last year to one of my favorite friends and they bloomed this year. she's loving them too.
Pretty cool, Donna!
Thanks, Marcy, vossner and Nat. I got mine at the Florala Swap as a bulb. I'm just trying to remember who gave it to me. Might have been Tom.
:) Donna
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!pretty one and only one????? LOL
You have beautiful little nursery.
Kaleem
Thanks, Kaleem. Yep only one so far.
:) Donna
Yes... one of my favorites... I planted about 6 of them.. and they bloomed all at diffrent times..this photo doesn't show it's golden tips to the flower... but that's one of the most beautiful aspects of this as a new flower... Gordon NYC rooftop zone 4-14
You're right, Gordon. The tips do have a golden touch which doesn't get captured. I wonder how fast they will multiply.
:) Donna
Gee..Donna...
I can't say.. last year there seemed to be more than I'd planted... I have to dig there in the fall... so all of thar cool fall I'm already inside with the bulbs...not in the ground makeing new bulblets... Gordon
What's this beauty doing now at this time of the year?! It normally comes out in April end or May [at least here in our part of the world].
OH Dinu.. mine was up a month or so ago... yes... real latebut they were in the ground late... and it was a cold and wet spring.. everything is real late... I also have to dig the bulbs every fall.. replanting in the spring after the ground warms up some... this will slow everything down.. as it's rooting and starting over ... but definitely worth the effort to get such a wonderful gift .. of such a large and brightly colored bloom... for the few weeks it is showing... Gordon
Dinu, mine bloomed about the same time as yours did, and I cannot wait til next year to see it again. I heard that they like to be crowded. Does that sound right?
That could be right, Roz. As you can see I have mine planted in a small pot. Maybe that's how I got it to bloom so fast.
:) Donna
Mine is in the ground, and your bloom is so much bigger than my bloom was.
Well than maybe being in a smaller pot works. Yeah!
:) Donna
I understand that they need not be repotted annually. They like to be in the same 'apartment' for 4-5 years without much disturbance. Water to be scantily done in the winter months, to produce good blooms. But mine is in the ground and thebulbs slowly divide. It the bulbs are disturbed, they will take a long time to overcome the shock and that results in poor blooming.
Dinu
Thanks for the info, Dinu. I'll will leave it than in the same container when I bring it in for the winter.
:) Donna
nice