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OT/Amaryllis and snail stuff was Granada is fabulous
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On Sun, 11 May 2003 08:59:45 -0700, Radika Kesavan wrote: What kinds of amryllis do you have? They are blooming now? Out here, they bloom (indoors) between Christmas and Easter. I have never been able to grow them outside on account of the bloody snails making mincemeat of them. I'm not sure of the variety, and neither is the former owner of my house. Someone he worked with was dividing them and brought him the extras. He had them planted in a circle around a pine tree, in full shade most of the day. The first spring I was here, I didn't see a single bloom. I moved about half of them to a spot with almost full sun, at the end of the walkway from the front door to the driveway. They've bloomed and multiplied like bunnies ever since. Late April to middle May is their blooming period. They're in that first pic with the Granada blooms. Wow - at first glance, I had registered them in my mind as daylilies, but went back and looked them after reading this post. They are very nice amaryllis, with a rather unusual delicacy of form. The foliage looks healthy and you seem to have relocated them to thea much better spot than under a pine tree and in full shade. Very pretty ... and amaryllises are beautifully suited as companion plants for roses since they do not appear to steal much water (there is that dreaded word again, heh) from the roses. You might consider getting some Belladonna Amaryllises if you had the room for them. They bloom in August through September, straight out of the bare ground, no foliage or nothing. When the blooming is finished, and as the fall rains start here - say in late October to early November, the foliage begins to come out, and they provide the winter landscape with beautiful greenery when all else look dull and drab. Come early May, the foliage dies out and there is nothing to be seen after you remove the dead foliage until August or September, when suddenly the Enchantment Lilies aka Miracle Lilies aka Resurrection Lilies aka Naked Ladies bloom. And they are gorgeous flowers, with heavy scent, and the bloom form is much like any Amaryllis. They last a long time in the ground or in the vase, and look really grand when combined with roses in a vase. The kind I grow is medium pink with red stalks and green foliage. He http://www.bulbsandflowers.com/subCa...departmentID=1 http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/...gardening/8598 So far nothing has attacked them or my daffodils. But I've had to abandon all hope of ever growing tulips, and this year I've lost most of my lilies (over 100 of them in about 15 varieties) to things that go "munch" in the night. That has me nervous about planting the gladiolus bulbs that I got last week. Maybe I'll just wait until fall and plant helleborus instead. You know, the trick it seems is to make any plant beloved of snails and slugs survive the first year in the ground. If you can somehow accomplish that, the marauders appear to leave them alone in the subsequent years. May be the plant no longer offers them the taste they like or something. I have managed to have dahlias, primroses and other such snail delectations survive like this, but have not succeeded with Hostas and Amayllises. This may or may not be appropriate for where you live, but out here, Sluggo appears to protect lots of plants. It is iron phosphate appropriately flavoured to draw snails, and when it breaks down in the soil, gives the plants the much needed iron and acidity in our alakaline gardens where most of the iron in the soil is not available to plants due to the alkalinity (or so I am told). It works well, and helps the plants as a fertilizer as well from what I have seen. -- Radika California USDA 9 / Sunset 15 |
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OT/Amaryllis and snail stuff was Granada is fabulous
On Wed, 14 May 2003 10:27:44 -0700, Radika Kesavan
wrote: Hmmmm - new foliage in winter would be very helpful in placing the Belladonnas, since it would coincide with the foliage of the daffodils. I roto-tilled a large expansion to the garden in the front yard yesterday, but haven't started planting yet. When it's finally complete, the shaded center of the full garden will be azaleas, flanked by a hydrangea, three buddleias, and an old sweetgum tree. One side (facing my front window) is becoming an arc of David Austin roses (for now I have Heritage, Falstaff, Pat Austin, Ambridge, The Squire) with hosta as a border. The other side will feature a flowering pomengranate (already in place) along with select bourbon, rugosa and shrub roses (Blanc Double de Coubert, Ballerina, Starry Night, possibly Coquette des Blanches or Margaret Merrill) with stella d'oro daylilies serving as the border. I'm hoping to add plants with some winter appeal to scatter throughout the mix. Daphne and helleborus are already on the list. The Belladonna amaryllis sound like they'd be perfect too. Thanks for the suggestion ! Wow - at first glance, I had registered them in my mind as daylilies, but went back and looked them after reading this post. They are very nice amaryllis, with a rather unusual delicacy of form. The foliage looks healthy and you seem to have relocated them to thea much better spot than under a pine tree and in full shade. Very pretty ... and amaryllises are beautifully suited as companion plants for roses since they do not appear to steal much water (there is that dreaded word again, heh) from the roses. You might consider getting some Belladonna Amaryllises if you had the room for them. They bloom in August through September, straight out of the bare ground, no foliage or nothing. When the blooming is finished, and as the fall rains start here - say in late October to early November, the foliage begins to come out, and they provide the winter landscape with beautiful greenery when all else look dull and drab. Come early May, the foliage dies out and there is nothing to be seen after you remove the dead foliage until August or September, when suddenly the Enchantment Lilies aka Miracle Lilies aka Resurrection Lilies aka Naked Ladies bloom. And they are gorgeous flowers, with heavy scent, and the bloom form is much like any Amaryllis. They last a long time in the ground or in the vase, and look really grand when combined with roses in a vase. The kind I grow is medium pink with red stalks and green foliage. He http://www.bulbsandflowers.com/subCa...departmentID=1 http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/...gardening/8598 So far nothing has attacked them or my daffodils. But I've had to abandon all hope of ever growing tulips, and this year I've lost most of my lilies (over 100 of them in about 15 varieties) to things that go "munch" in the night. That has me nervous about planting the gladiolus bulbs that I got last week. Maybe I'll just wait until fall and plant helleborus instead. You know, the trick it seems is to make any plant beloved of snails and slugs survive the first year in the ground. If you can somehow accomplish that, the marauders appear to leave them alone in the subsequent years. May be the plant no longer offers them the taste they like or something. I have managed to have dahlias, primroses and other such snail delectations survive like this, but have not succeeded with Hostas and Amayllises. This may or may not be appropriate for where you live, but out here, Sluggo appears to protect lots of plants. It is iron phosphate appropriately flavoured to draw snails, and when it breaks down in the soil, gives the plants the much needed iron and acidity in our alakaline gardens where most of the iron in the soil is not available to plants due to the alkalinity (or so I am told). It works well, and helps the plants as a fertilizer as well from what I have seen. |
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