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Re: Flowering now in Michigan
« Reply #45 on: September 09, 2016, 11:36:36 AM »
Nice stuff Rimmer.
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Re: Flowering now in Michigan
« Reply #46 on: September 15, 2016, 01:44:25 PM »
Some red flowers blooming now

Bessera elegans
Cyrtanthus elatus x montanus from the PBS BX- first time bloom- this seems to need more water than i previously provided.
Rhodophiala bifida
Haemanthus conccineus
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Re: Flowering now in Michigan
« Reply #47 on: September 16, 2016, 03:11:00 PM »
Allium callimschon callimschon
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Re: Flowering now in Michigan
« Reply #48 on: September 16, 2016, 03:12:34 PM »
Allium callimschon haemosticum
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Re: Flowering now in Michigan
« Reply #49 on: September 16, 2016, 03:17:03 PM »
Acis autumnale self seeds in protected areas. Been blooming for more than 1 month
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Re: Flowering now in Michigan
« Reply #50 on: September 17, 2016, 02:18:48 AM »
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Re: Flowering now in Michigan
« Reply #51 on: September 18, 2016, 05:31:18 PM »
Zeph. primulina
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Re: Flowering now in Michigan
« Reply #52 on: September 18, 2016, 05:33:06 PM »
A laye blooming patch of Scilla scilliodes (barnardia japonica)
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Re: Flowering now in Michigan
« Reply #53 on: September 18, 2016, 05:36:25 PM »
Zeph x "summer snow"
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Re: Flowering now in Michigan
« Reply #54 on: September 18, 2016, 05:40:13 PM »
Cy. hederifolium seems to like rock crevices
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Re: Flowering now in Michigan
« Reply #55 on: September 18, 2016, 05:42:58 PM »
Gentiana paradoxa still flowering well.
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Re: Flowering now in Michigan
« Reply #56 on: September 18, 2016, 06:25:24 PM »
Lots  in flower, Rimmer!
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Re: Flowering now in Michigan
« Reply #57 on: September 20, 2016, 10:36:26 PM »
Colchicum psardis and Sternbergia greaca in my mouse cemetery.
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Re: Flowering now in Michigan
« Reply #58 on: November 09, 2016, 09:19:00 PM »
Interesting to see your C. purpurea purpureum Rimmer.  Somewhere I had read that the bulbs like to be deep, but today when repotting some 3-year old seedlings I was surprised that the bulbs were only 12-15 cm down a 25 cm deep pot.  Perhaps they behave differently in the open ground, or go deeper as they mature.  How do yours behave?

Thanks for the name correction Fermi :)

Hi Ashley.
Hard frost predicted so i pulled up the pot of C purp. And took pictures for you
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Re: Flowering now in Michigan
« Reply #59 on: November 09, 2016, 11:41:34 PM »
Milla grandiflora nearing end of season
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Bowling Green, Kentucky USA
36.9685° N
USDA zone 6b-7a
Long hot humid summers
Cool wet winter
Heavy red clay soil over limestone karst

 


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