I see very few comments about peacocks and your neighbors gardens. My neighbor has decided that free ranging his flock is a good idea in our area, sadly it is not. We are in a farming community and properties are used for growing food, raising food/animals et etc. Some enjoy growing flowers and having good sized yards for the kids and dogs to run wild in. Previously around here and other nearby communities, owners of pea fowl have either lost track of their birds or just abandoned them outright..eventually they become a issue with other people and get eradicated simply because they have become a pest. Since my neighbor has owned them before, I am hard pressed to think he didn't know how destructive they are. They have continuously ripped out young plants and shredded landscaping fabric in my garden beds. Free ranging these birds also means that they can holler right in your neighbors open windows during warm months too. Not so nice for people who have a hard time staying asleep and working a regular professional job. Personally, they are pretty to look at and that's about it, I don't consider these birds to be farm material as they are def not vegetation friendly. If you are thinking about having these birds, be considerate of others and do not free range them.

Hopflower - Ooh, ouch! Baked iris is not good! I will say that the weather patterns are a lot different than they were when I was a kid, that's for sure! Hotter summers, less snow in winter... global warming! This is what we get when we cut down all the rain forests and keep making the hole in the ozone bigger... as a species, we're not too smart, apparently! It's amazing we've survived this long and gotten this far! Part sun/ part shade it will be, then. I think I have just the place... I have 4 raised beds in a fenced area that is, at the moment, the vegetable garden... I will simply commandeer one of the beds for Hippeastrum pots!! We are going to add 2 more raised beds next year anyway, so there'll be plenty of space for my pots. I don't know why I didn't think about all this last season!! I'm such a blonde! LOL!

Xuan - I would be happy to send you a few seeds! I have two pods on Limona so far... I have promised to trade some with Dizzy, but I think there will be enough to share with you, as well... I will let you know when they are ripe, and we can arrange something... I have several flowers bred, and should have a few more varieties to breed soon... I still have lots of bulbs growing scapes, and I plan to breed everything! Since I know that Limona is a fertile plant, I know that I will get more seeds from it next year, too! Elizabeth - I have one seed pod ripening on Exotic Star so far... all the others aborted. I've had a lot of breedings abort, but I understand that there will be lots of failures, as well as a few successes... Mother Nature has her reasons for what she does, and we must abide by her decisions! The more I think about it, the more I believe I should make more self breedings, as these seem to take much better! Plus, the ensuing seeds will be offspring, and not necessarily exactly like the parent plant! If you got a late start, then you will have flowers after all mine have faded! I would love to see some pictures of yours! Please do post when your bulbs bloom!

Yeah, Peacocks are lovely to look at, but I never realized what a pain they are until I moved into a neighborhood where they roam free. Like into my yard, eating the flowers off of my plants - and destroying other plants. As soon as a plant gets a full bloom, they literally eat them off, petal by petal. I'm growing very tired of the peacock. I'm wondering if anyone knows if vinegar mixed with water would kill the plants? I'm thinking seriously about spraying 2 plants. Will the vinegar kill or harm the plants/blooms? The plants are Gaillardia Blanket Flowers.