I had a strange experience with Eremerus. I have a bed that was planted sometime after 1920, and Lycoris radiata has always grown there. Last year, after 10 years in this house, Eremerus (blue) grew up in a line behind the Lycoris. It was obviously part of the original planting, and I didn't even know what they were! Does anyone have any idea why they might have reappeared after so many years? The only thing that struck me was that our drought had gotten so much worse in the preceding year, but I don't know why that would stimulate something that had been dormant to bloom again.
Eremerus blooms appeared unexpectedly - why?
Blue Eremurus?
I'm pretty certain Eremurus don't come in blue. White, yellow, shades of orange/peachy.
I'm so sorry I've been out of touch! Thank you for replying! Well, I wondered about the blue, because I didn't see any blue Eremerus when I looked through photos. I will try to figure out how to add a photo here. Here goes.
As you can see from the photos in the link below, Eremurus blooms are densely packed on the bloom spike. Your plant seems quite a bit more open and airy
http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/imgapr06/Photo01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artapr06/bj-FoxtailLily.html&usg=___9oy3MjG7xhloKSbHVZS7bvNxOg=&h=495&w=375&sz=65&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=cg6UYNLTqcaceM:&tbnh=130&tbnw=98&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dclose-up%2Beremurus%2Bbloom%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
Oh, and if anyone would like a page with more of Brian Johnson's incredible photographs of plants:
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/bj-flowers.html
Now I can see why you'd think it was Eremurus. I just saw something similar on one of the other forums- but having a senior moment.... starts with a v... lol
Thank you for the photos! They're beautiful. Maybe the flowers are so spaced apart because the bulbs are old and unfertilized? I'm going to start looking for bulbs that start with a "v"!
Were you thinking of verbascum? that's a biennial, not a bulb, though.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/13074/
No, I think it was some sort of veronica. Maybe?
From the picture, it's certainly not a verbascum nor a veronica. If you want to find out what it is, you could post the photo on the plant ID forum here.
I think she's referring to another plant, not the first picture on this thread.
I'll post the photo on the plant ID forum. I never thought of that!
How tall was that flower?
It was about 3 ft. tall. I went on the plant ID forum, and after a lot of discussion, it turned out to be (most likely) Scilla hyacinthoides. It was a lot of fun figuring it out!