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Bulbs that Bloom late Summer and Fall

14 years ago

I'd been watching closely for signs of this Oxblood Lily sending up shoots. Forgot to check on Sunday, and it bloomed!

I'm still watching for signs of Sternbergias that didn't bloom last year, I thought because of drought, but made good foliage through the winter.

There is foliage that I think are Acidanthera that looks as if it could produce some blooms soon.

No signs of Lycoris lutea, but L. radiata are sending up buds everywhere and I've seen a blossom or two.

What fall blooming bulbs are showing promise in your garden?

Nell

Comments (5)

spazzycat_1
14 years ago
I planted an oxblood lily (Rhodophiala bifida) to see how it would do and the blooms are just starting to come up (I see a flash of red at the base). BTW, yours is gorgeous!

Still waiting on the Lycoris radiata.

I would like to try Sternbergia lutea. It's almost impossible to find the bulbs though.
flora_uk
14 years ago
I have Cyclamen hederifolium and Nerine bowdenii blooming now. Another late summer bulb is Schizostylus but I don't have any at the moment.
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Right now at this house I have glads, ginger lilies and irises. My other house I had glads, dafs, hyacinths, crocus, and irises. My friend has loads and loads of just about every kind of bulb their is to grow here and then some that don't believe it or not. She grows almost nothing but bulb type plants. I told her she needs to get some perenials in her garden and gave her a BS mag to take home. Now she told me she has a bunch picked out to order. I got her hooked now! Meghan
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lavendrfem
14 years ago
those are gorgeous!
mangomoon
14 years ago
My choice and favorite choice is freesia. I plant them in late Fall for bloom in early Spring, then have an alternate set that I plant in Spring for early Summer to late Summer bloom while the leaves on the previous set set out to dry. I plant them in planters on my porch and deck and not in the yard because they are so highly fragrant that I would otherwise be on my hands and knees in the grassy yard just to take in their beauty and fragrance. LOL

I have a rose cottage garden and as much as I love roses, freesia is right there with hyacinth among my most favorite of scents not to mention looks! Freesia releases a burst rather than remain fragrant like roses. I pluck the flowers and put them in tiny bottles of water next to my reading area and living room, just to be able to take in the scent.

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Nell Jean
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14 years ago

Lycoris radiata

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