Sadly life and work taken away from our gardening time this summer. The result has been very few posts over the last few months. The thing I love about bulbs is that they mostly take care of themselves. So while I have been working they have been blooming!
It has been a couple months since the first of the bulbs we got at the home and garden show bloomed. The first was the Fangio Red Lily. It bloomed and faded before anything got close.
Well it is late summer now and we have had a heated race for second and third place.
The second one to bloom was the Casa Blanca. This was a stunning beauty. Huge blooms and it smelled delightful. At the garden show they called it the mother of all lilies and I was right there with them until......
The third place winner emerged. The is the "Aubade - White/Yellow"
This is a stunner. I love this lily! The blooms are almost the size of the Casa Blanca but I find them much prettier. There were also more of them. I realize growing in containers limits you somewhat but I was thrilled with this Lily. Next year I am getting much more of these!
So our Bulb Watch has been all about lilies. Until this guy showed up on the street.
I had thought this was the Acidanthera but it looks different than I imagined. The only other bulb it could be was the Crocosmia but it does not look like that either. Whatever the case this is a pretty cool flower. The foliage had been around all summer and I did not think it was going to do anything and then one day I notice the flower. I have anoter one of these out back but not much is happening.
Sadly our Dahlias did not really materialize. One out front got cut down before it could flower and the one in the pot is not doing well. These guys need a little more love than I have to give them I think.
I still have a Begonia that has just started to break the surface. Which I hope to share with you at a future day.
So that is what is blooming around here. Looking back, the first bulbs to sprout, bloomed in the order they first broke the ground. I had a lot of fun with these bulbs. I can't wait until the garden show next year. I will be sure to visit Vanbeen Blubs again. By they way they have been watching the results. Someone is reading the blog, besides my mom and our good friend Andrew! If only we could update it more.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
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