Welcome to BulbWatch 08! (que the music and cable news style graphic.) This is where we start tracking the bulbs we got at the home and garden show.Last Sunday we planted most everything we got at the show.
Today I noticed the first of the bulbs is sprouting already! I thought it would be fun to think of it as competition - a competition to determine which bulbs we buy again next year.
What we have in the the picture is the Fangio Red Lilly. It is clearly the early front runner. It gets big points for coming out in front. Fast results we like that, however it is a long road until the end of the growing season. Can it maintain the early lead? Or will it bloom and fade away before summer is over? Stay Tuned for more after the break!
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Let us continue our BulbWatch 08 coverage by looking at the field of candidates.
As you can see the ballot is pretty full. $22 worth of full. (As you can see there is a lot riding on this)
Fangio Red Lilly - Location: Mixed Pot, Back Yard
Oriental Lilly (Aubade) - Location: Mixed Pot, Back Yard
Oriental Lilly (Casa Blanca) - Location: Single Pot, Back Yard
Acidanthera X2 (Peacock Lilly) - Location: Single Pot Back Yard, Around Tree Fillmore Street.
Red "Flame" Cala Lilly - Location: Single Pot, Back Yard
Crocosmia X2 (Geroge Davidson Yellow) - Location: Single Pot Back Yard, Around Tree Fillmore Street.
AMARYLLIS BELLADONNA (Naked Ladies Surprise)- Location: Single Pot, Back Yard
Begonia (Apricot) X2 - Location: Single Pot, Back Yard, Stone Container, Back Yard
Dahlia (Marlene Joy) - Location: Single Pot, Back Yard, One To Be Planted
Over the next 6 months we will be closely following the growth of these bulbs as well the ones from last years show that have sprouted again. Which will succeed? Which will perish? Which will I buy again? Which will I dismiss as folly? So much is on the line. So many questions.... So few answers. Join us on this amazing journey as we start with the the Fangio Red Lily. Keep tuning in for updates!
