Jodi,

I am enjoying stroll through your jungle admiring your beaitiful hippies. Thanks for inviting me for a morning stroll.

Jan

Jodi,

Thanks a lot for sharing.

Your Christmas Gift is actually fine. Unless you meant to say your photo skill had made it better.
I notice that it has a unique shorter petal. In my opinion, that is really cute.

I love your other flowers, too.

Sooner or later, I am going to start a posting to beg for seeds too. You guys are killing me with all these gorgeous ones.

-GM

Jodi...My CG from earlier in the year was a dud. I ordered 3 from Smith and Hawkens. Know they'll be good. Glad your QOH looks a lot like mine! (not red with yellow stripes like someone's.....! that was a SURPRISE, eh?)
:-)
K

Hippeastrums are like a box of chocolates... you just never know what you'll get! :-)

Thanks, everyone! I'm very pleased to lead the tours through my little jungle! I like sharing the fruits of my labor... and it is a labor of love!

Christmas Gift is smaller and less shapely than I thought it would be, but it's still very pretty... I love the pristine white, and even its off-shaped petals are nice! I think it will be better next year, more shapely and even.

No one has to beg for seeds... most of us are more than happy to share! I'm not done with seed production for the season, so I don't really know what I'll have yet, but when I'm ready, I should have some extras looking for new homes! Remind me via email in another couple of weeks, and I'll get a box ready for you, too, GM!

Jodi and all,

Thanks a lot.
From the various postings, I can see the spring is bringing out the best of this family. I feel so lucky that I started here just at the right time.

Best Wishes, GM

If you think it's really nice now, just wait until the bulb season begins next fall! You'll positively freak out!

As late summer/fall approaches, we begin to put some bulbs to rest, or bring in the ones we had outdoors enjoying the sun... at that point, many of us are looking forward to the bulb catalogs we know will be coming soon... by Christmas, we're in full swing, buying bulbs and beginning to enjoy their blooms... it's awesome!

After Christmas, the bulb sales begin... and we all scramble to find the varieties we're looking for at better prices! The photos are posted more frequently, and we're in the throes of our bulb addiction!

By this time, we're about done with the purchasing... March is considered very late for buying the previous season's bulbs. Those of us who let our bulbs bloom on a natural schedule are now beginning to post more bloom pictures... and then, we fill in the slow summer months with garden photos, photos of other bulb types, etc... and we await fall again!

It's sort of a full time forum... summer being the slowest season, and fall/winter being the busy time.

I doubt you'll find another group of gardeners anywhere that are as special as this bunch! Everyone here is wonderful... I feel very fortunate to belong to this little online family! :-)

Christmas Gifts are nice no matter what time of the year. Your blooms are no exception, Jodi! I love it! So pretty!

I am READY for spring to start and stay. We had temps in the 80's over the weekend and it was amazing, but it will be getting cold again...arghhh! We had our snow and cold, now I am ready to see it GONE! HAHA!

Right now, I don't have any blooms open yet. I have an Apple Blossom starting to open and another surprise waiting to open too.

-Frank

The temperatures here were reasonably nice until last night... we had the heaters all turned off. I awoke this morning freezing my butt off! I had no choice but to light the pilot and turn up the heat again! Brrrrr!

I hope it warms up again soon... and STAYS warm! I could use spring right about now! I hope the tips of the Tulips and other bulbs growing in the gardens won't be harmed by this cold snap...

Frank, I await your Apple Blossom and other surprises!