Hi Seiko, I'm interested in trading for roses in the fall. In particular for Folksinger and Vineyard Song. I do have Mme. Legras de St. Germain potted up since spring. I can start rooting my roses for you now if you let me know which ones you are interested in.(I just started my rose rooting project for the year, lol) I also have a beautiful tuberous begonia that I have pics of. It could use a good home for the winter. I think I could find my geranium daffs. I know I could find a few of my Festival Blue Hyacinths. We could probably figure other things you would like also. Remy Here is a link that might be useful: My Trade Page

mine bloomed first 2 weeks of june. I overwinter mine indoors, since I can't plant them out. you can repot yours (look at the bulb, trim bad scales if necessary, do not cut off the roots), water very lightly and let sit in the garage over winter. it should never completely dry out. give it a few dribbles of water once a month. as far as stem bulbils: it's normal behavior. you can detach those and plant , barely covered. but they will take 2 years to grow. here's what mine look like now. the little one on the cap fell off a couple of weeks ago, I stuck it in the same pot with a just the tip showing, it produced the root already. another fell off as I was taking the pic. they are probably best grown above freezing the 1st year indoors in cool room. but it's easier to maintain them in the soil. if you cover the top of pot with plastic and keep it in the garage, the soil will remain slightly moist for a very long time - and they will be growing, but very slowly, mostly developing roots, which is what you want. by the way, on the pic the thin stem on the right is 'a baby' plant that just grew leaves 1st year and it already produced a stem bulbil. it's not because they are dying or grown poorly. This post was edited by petrushka on Fri, Aug 16, 13 at 13:49

wow. . they look. chemically burnt or something to me, i'm no professional. did you plant them in the fall? and they started growing this spring?

Thank you for the feedback on the 'Midnight Star'. It is $17.50 now, still a little steep. I can be purchased as a part of Baker's Dozen collection. That makes it more affordable (assuming you need other 12 lilies from this collection). Thanks for mentioning 'Tiger Woods'. It will be offered by several vendors next spring; and it is on my list. Your picture is stunning as always!