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Quote from: Uli on Today at 03:10:33 PMAgapanthus are very greedy plants. Any general fertilizer will do the job. Or composted horse manure.

Hmmm... I wonder if they would appreciate composted chicken manure?

Agapanthus...

A few years ago I stumbled across some agapanthus with dark blue/violet/purple-ish flowers that really caught my eye. Fantastic rich striking flowers for my garden! Ever since purchasing my first couple plants at HD, I've been on the hunt. Since then, I've found other color variants, some of them dwarfs or semi-dwarfs with incredible flower color!! A couple are supposed to be dark purple, and one a very dark purple with almost qualities of black to the flowers. Most of these I've pictured are in their second or third blooming season in the ground, and some are not looking as good this year. I've lost a few too. They just fade away to nothingness 😒

The first picture shows a clump I planted together of three different flower colors, and three different sizes- dark rich blue flowers standard size, blue and white flowers semi-dwarf, and a more purple-blue flowers a dwarf.

While these are not "species" Agapanthus, these flower colors caught my eye as wonderful additions to our garden.

Cheers 🍻

BTW... anyone know if I should be applying any special fertilizers to agapanthus? I sure would Love to get them flowering fuller, and with healthier flowers!

Quote from: Arnold on Yesterday at 01:27:10 PMAgapanthus is most surely  a geophyte.

Thank you Arnold. I'm still a Newbie here in this "bulb" world of PBS peeps! 

Here's a silly question, as you said...geophyte. If that's what the society covers, why isn't it the PGS? 

Well...wasn't expecting to have flowers in the mid 90's+ of late July. But here they are.

Crinum Macowanii (believed to be)

And, I wonder. Is Agapanthus a plant that falls under the PBS umbrella?

Quote from: Robin Jangle on June 24, 2024, 12:08:49 AM

Quote from: Too Many Plants! on June 22, 2024, 03:42:41 PMWell, I wasn't expecting to be able to post a bulb flowering in the 101°F of late June. But here I am! Unfortunately I can't seem to locate the tag, and I'm not into disturbing the bulb while flowering or digging on my knees in 101°F for a tag 🏷�. To kill a gopher in my garden...for sure! But a 🏷� will have to wait. Maybe someone will recognize this (should be) South African species???

Forgot to mention...excited to see this bulbs very first flowering!!

It is a Crinum species - foliage resembles that of C. lugardiae but flowers will be needed to confirm.

Hi Robin, here are pics of the flowers...no scent really, and basically whitish. So I must have bought it for the foliage. I have at least a couple more Crinum that seem to be much slower than this guy. I've searched my records, but so far can't find where I purchased these, or what species they were purchased as. I tag most of my plants if they're not something I would know, but none of these I can find tags for.

MORE June heat action! Pictured on a late June 101°F afternoon...here's a new round of Habranthus Robustus, (Mike thought was) Habranthus Robustus 'Russell Manning'.

And something else coming up I'll have to see if I can look up.

Well, I wasn't expecting to be able to post a bulb flowering in the 101°F of late June. But here I am! Unfortunately I can't seem to locate the tag, and I'm not into disturbing the bulb while flowering or digging on my knees in 101°F for a tag 🏷�. To kill a gopher in my garden...for sure! But a 🏷� will have to wait. Maybe someone will recognize this (should be) South African species???

Forgot to mention...excited to see this bulbs very first flowering!!

Couple updated flower bud pics 6/26/24

Quote from: Carlos on June 05, 2024, 01:23:58 AMHi, Rimmer, that plant is amazing!! Press dry a piece of a green leaf for me, please...

Yes it is a Beschorneria!! I hadn't paid attention.

I hope the level of the river is lower now...

I wonder if it's that cross made by Martin Grantham? The flowers are for sure not B. Yuccoides, but to me look different than Septentrionalis.

Quote from: Martin Bohnet on May 31, 2024, 12:18:03 AMSeems my very wet May wil end in a very wet finale - until Sunday there are about 150l/m² predicted - let's hope the rivers can deal with this... anyway, yesterday there was a sunny break in between showers, allowing for some wet flower beauty shots:

Lets start with the Alliums: Allium cristophii

already sparkles when dry, but the water adds another layer. For such a big plant it's astonishingly weedy seeding around. Allium obliquum

Height:	60-100 cm (2-3.3 ft)
Flower Colors:	yellow
Flower Season:	late spring to early summer

is more well behaved but multiplies enough to be slowly moved to more places in the garden - too bad the timing is a little bit off this year as they are brilliant in combination with European gladiolus.

Speaking about combinations: the next one is Iris filifolia

with Beschorneria septentrionalis - the latter one being a classic example what should not be on the wiki (together with Hesperaloe) but also a favorite in seed exchange. Staying on the Iris topic, the Iris spuria

s really put up a show. If anyone has an idea as to why the upper leaves turn yellow? couldn't bee too dry as we're drowning, so it may be too wet?

Also going for mass effect is one of the summer Oxalis, I think it's Oxalis stipularis, we may have to add that to the Wiki in time. Less weedy and more of a pain to bulk up some stock is of course Weldenia candida

- give me another 5 years and I can contribute some to the EX 

Last but not least is my first flower of Tigridia chiapiensis - it seems to be easy for some but I always failed to grow them from seed so I had to resort to buying a bulb. Sidenote on Tigridia: This year, several pavonias have survived the winter planted out in the garden. climate change, hooray!

Hi Martin, is that Beschorneria in pic #809?

Closing out May...it's amazing what a couple days of warm weather can bring out in the garden.

1- Gladiolus 'Atom' or 'Atomic' (considered a 1940's hybrid of Dalenii). A nice reliable garden Glad, great color and presence in the garden. One of the earliest Glads when I was just getting into SA bulbs to add in my garden.

2- more common Amaryllis that I'm trying to get looking good in my sunny SoCal garden. Another couple's first season looking pretty good for a few days in the sun.

3- Progress shots of my Watsonia Meriana.

Farewell May. Here comes the heat!

Quote from: Carlos on May 25, 2024, 12:17:26 AMHi, as Rimmer recently taught me, the pink flower could be Zephyranthes x floryi 'Green Base'.

The lizard is amazing, is this that one that shoots blood from the eyes?

Hi Carlos.

Yes, that's them. The California Horned lizard. There are different locale types (species maybe?). I'm born and lived my whole life here, always been a reptile fan, caught and released so many snakes and lizards I couldn't count. Caught many of these guys over the years too, and never once seen one squirt blood, but they're said to do that.

I bought the pink flowered bulb as Habranthus Robustus. I think the flower is quit nice, and bigger than my other Habranthus for sure.

This will about wrap it up for May...I have a Gladiolus that may flower in May. We'll see...

1- Watsonia Meriana

2- And, I'll have to find my info on the pink flower...Ok, bought it as Habranthus Robustus.

3- well...not a bulb, or a flower. But, a wonderful Garden encounter today right near that pink flower! Cali Horny Toad!! This is a young little guy, that was SO DARN CUTE! Like a tiny Dinosaur 🦖...

I know these Amaryllis are common now- seasonally available at HD, Lowe's, and many nurseries, but thought I'd share this one. I've picked up mainly all red ones along the way when I find the bulbs on clearance, and have planted them in various spots in my South African-ish themed hot and sunny garden. Even my red and white one that gets full afternoon shade never seems to look good- flowers are hammered in short order. But this year for the first time this red ones flowers are looking nice for many days in full sun, seeing upper 70's and low 80's! Quite pleased to see these are possible to get looking good in the ground in my garden. I should note the snails LOVE the flower stems and often eat them 'til the flower buds practically fall off...

Quote from: Robert_Parks on May 09, 2024, 09:07:36 PM

Quote from: Too Many Plants! on May 09, 2024, 08:52:50 PMVery nice. Loving that Tritonia squalida !

Windows! To go along with some of the Arisaemas.

Robert
in pleasant cool San Francisco, where the very last of the summer bulbs are about to get potted up.

I'm excited to have seed coming of a few Tritonia! - deusta subsp. deusta, securigera subsp. securigera, gladiolaris, florentiae, laxifolia, pallida subsp. pallida, and squalida!

Cali native - Dichelostemma ida-Maia X multiforum ( Pink Diamond ).

Said to be a naturally occurring hybrid of Red Firecracker X Blue Brodiaea.