Spring Waxed Amaryllis at TJs
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Comments (82)Hi, Sorry for the delay in posting. I've had so much going on over the weekend, plus we lost our internet. We had a mini explosion outside, a powerline blew. The man from the electric company said a squirrel ate the line? I blame the ice/snow storm! We had the heaviest snow of the season! Anyways, I better make this short- I have to make lunches for the kids yet. Laura sent a wonderful box- nothing was broken, everything was packed very well! A cute handpainted pot (with google type glued eyes) and big painted lips, it contained a hindu rope hoya! Plus a very pretty clear vase with handpained flowers (I'm already using it to root some wandering jew starts) Vanilla/reed oil diffuser (smells so good) Journal (to make all my trade notes in- needed a new one so bad) baggy of seeds (have to go through them) mini hummer feeder/shepards hook to hang it on (hummers thank you Laura, LOL) Herbal soap (that smells soooo good) Gardening gloves (always need these) Package of blueberry herbal tea (yum) Country garden mag (after the weekend I had, I'm relaxing and reading this tonight) Thank you so much Laura, for such a fantastic box! I loved everything you sent! I hope I didn't forget anything! Things have to slow down for me soon! This weekend we purchased new 6 panel white doors for EVERY door in the house, plus new closet doors to match! Hopefully my package arrived today! ;) Hugs, Deb...See MoreThe Horror that is Wax Encased Bulbs
Comments (99)stillinwisconsin, If your bulb grows well that orchid pot is going to be overwhelmed with roots in short order. Yay for you! Please don't hesitate to up-pot. I've had happy amaryllies that were planted in pots with an extra 1.5" of radius (and I never use less than 1", preferring to err on the side of extra space, even up to 2"; the plants always fill the pots and it gives space for the bulb to expand and the offsets - baby bulbs - to have room), and by the end of the summer there were so many roots that they were actually crawling out of the pot. They could've used a LOT more pot space. Just read your plant. Don't even get some of our members started on what's necessary to force bloom, hah, or if you even should. Forcing isn't strictly necessary, and some bulbs don't like forced dormancy at all (genetics, sigh; my Picotee just wants to be left to grow whenever she feels like it, which isn't always on what I think of as a seasonal schedule, whereas the rest are pretty tolerant). There are other options than the forcing regime. But that's for another thread....See MoreWhat plant are you anxiously awaiting the return of in the spring?
Comments (49)OK , its official, I am anxious over my Plumbago. I planted it right before the first VERY EARLY unlooked for freeze. I think it was making tiny green earlier this spring, but then we got the VERY LATE unlooked for freeze and bye bye green shoot.. I just dug it up and scratched a brittle twig below soil line and YAY it is green! My Mexican honeysuckle is in the same dead looking boat but it has made an ever so tiny appearance. I was apprehensive of a ammonia ciliata that was advertised as liking the caliche flat limestone marl in habitat here in Travis county. Well I had some habitat for it and it is dead sun and unfriendly as all get out. It has sent up three stalks and is putting on some blooms. I was hovering like a worried crow over a barren patch of gravel mulch where there might be a subtererenian silver leafed ironweed from the Big Bend. We did have a wet winter and I was worried that it might have been too wet for this new species that says "For Western Gardens only". I am on the wet side of that no mater how much I moan and groan about how dry it is here. I think I see something but I also have seeds volunteering in the area. I am chanting to myself. " I will not dig it up, that is like picking at a scab"...See MoreSpring Fever
Comments (52)Every place has its good points and bad. Have lived in the South and in the islands. Heat and humidity doesn't suit me so summers in such areas are rough. Also miss having seasons in such places (and green Christmases do absolutely nothing for me). There are times I envy the plants that can be grown outdoors in such places, but there are plants we northerners have that they can't grow and our autumn colors are superior. :-) This time of year, I hit a couple orchid shows for a nice uplifting "fix"....See Moreteeda
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27 days agolast modified: 27 days agoI gave all of my kids waxed amaryllis bulbs for Easter and they were a big hit! Yes, even my son. Out of the blue a week or two ago we were talking about flowers for some unrelated reason and he said "even I would like to receive flowers" so I figured, ok, here you go. Of course I knew the girls would like flowers, but I was surprised how much they were all taken with them. I guess everyone likes to watch things grow! Meanwhile the one I got for thanksgiving is no longer blooming but has lovely green leaves. DH is wracked with anguish that I have not broken it from its wax prison, fed, watered and re-homed it.
Anyway, thx so much for the idea; they were the highlight of an otherwise lame easter. The Marie Kondo-ing of our basement has led to the mysterious disappearance of our Easter baskets, so we had Easter bags.
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