Weather report says it is sunny here and not raining...LIARS!

13 years ago

"Stick your heads OUTSIDE!", she says, sourly. I will hold out for later. Every year when I want to plant bulbs, I run into this. When I am ready, it's too cold/and or rainy. I hold off for another day, and another, hoping for a warmer day: only to find myself out of time/out of weather, and have to go plant shivering, wearing gloves and a hat and down coat.

I hope this will stop me from buying any more. Last year I bought locally, in phases. Finished one batch, went back for more. I resist ordering online: by the time it comes, I may be out of luck with planting weather.

Though nothing was ever on clearance locally, that I could see: and the choices were more limited that I remembered. I wonder if the stores are carrying fewer interesting varieties? Has anyone else noticed?

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Chemocurl zn5b/6a Indiana
13 years ago
I was out earlier and it seemed quite nice, but when I checked the temp, saw it was just 41 out...YIKES! I guess it felt nice because the air was still.

Because of already having so many daffs to plant, I have been trying to avoid looking at any local bulbs, though I do need some nice hyacinths for forcing.

A couple of weeks ago I found 4 varieties of botanical tulips I had never seen offered locally before, so had to get a pack of each along with a pack of Ipheion Uniflorum, something I have never had before. I was excited to find them.

The Botanical tulips are
Odalisque pic
Little Beauty PIC
Eastern Star PIC
Little Princess PIC
linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
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13 years ago
You found the Botanical tulips locally? Wow! I'd buy those in a heartbeat.
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hey sparaxis come on now where is your aussie spirit hey lol lol?? they don't want it to rain on their cricket now do they i mean after all priorities have to count hey chuckle?............and mm the standard for bom is this they forecast or suggest some likley scenerios for say the s/e of qld (that is from maryborough south to the border and west to the range, big area hey) well their proof of accuracy is that if ".2 of a mm of rain falls on an official rain guage in the forecast time slot, they have gotten the forecast correct", great standard hey imagine if say car manufacturers had such a wide hit and miss factor!! great service standard if you can get it hey.............oh their big hang up or should i say problem they no longer look out of the window they don't do weather observation they do it all on simulator computer games with lots of free coffee..........len who works his own out and gets it right about the same % as bom but it doesn't cost the community a scent.
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linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
Original Author
13 years ago
Forgot to say... where? Was this a chain store? I forgot, I have not checked my Menard's yet this year...last year I did really well there...not sure why I have passed them by so far, yet. A self-defense mechnism in action, maybe.
Chemocurl zn5b/6a Indiana
13 years ago
YES, it was MENARD'S...the one place you didn't check. Good Luck!
linnea56 (zone 5b Chicago)
Original Author
13 years ago
Sob! Hardly anything left at Menards. I had to hunt all over the store, too. ItÃ¢ÂÂs like they were all in Christmas product mode already. I had to ask 3 timesÃ¢ÂÂ¦IÃ¢ÂÂm sure I was sent to where they WERE, at one time. One young thing, when I asked for Ã¢ÂÂBulbs...like tulips and daffodilsÃ¢ÂÂ, STILL sent me to light bulbs. IÃ¢ÂÂm guessing she did not know what my kind of bulb WAS.

To think, last year I made out like a bandit there. Only a few packs of uninteresting bright yellow lilies, and some solid dark pink tulips. Blah. When I expressed disappointment, though, one more eager clerk outside showed me to a decorative display someone had set up to advertise fall planting season. She said they sold out very quickly this year. There in a basket were a few more interesting things. I DID get one package of Little Princess, and Allium oreophilum. I was hoping for Little BeautyÃ¢ÂÂ¦I bought some a few years back when Scheepers had them: they are really charming. It would have been the perfect color for a new bed I have with a lot of purple/silver/pink heucheras. With the orange tones of Little Princess: IÃ¢ÂÂm not sure where I will put those. It doesnÃ¢ÂÂt go with ay color scheme I have running. But I couldnÃ¢ÂÂt leave them behind, now, could I?

I'd too late to start planting today, though: have to hope for a warm day later in the week.
Chemocurl zn5b/6a Indiana
13 years ago
I was hoping for Little Beauty

Would you want to swap a few Allium oreophilum for a few Little Beauty. I'm not sure but I 'think' Little Beauty was 15 for $4.95. I can spare 7 LB for equal value of AO if you are interested.

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