Thursday, March 26, 2009

I've built them -


Now will they come? We've got three bluebird houses now, waiting for occupants.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Chris Wiesinger, Notes from Wood County Master Gardeners Class on Southern Bulbs

Spring bloomers
Twin Sisters, Narcissus x medioluteus, $10.00/5, plt 9/1-11/25, blm late-April, 1/2 day sun
Byzantine Gladiolus , Gladiolus byzanthus, $12.00/1 - magenta, plt 9/1-11/25, blm mid-April, 1/2 day winter sun, stalks don't need support
Johnson's Amaryllis, bloom April

Fall bloomers

Oxblood Lily Rhodophiala bifida, $9.00/1, plt 9/1-11/15, blm 9/15 +/- two weeks, PS-FS
Red Spider Lily $9.00 / 2 - surprise lily, idea-plant at base of tree with day lilys
Squamigera or "Naked Lady" (like a spider lily)
Aurea - Gold
Sternbergia Lutea or "Autumn Daffodil" yellow, Bible Lily of the Valley

Winter bloomers

Paperwhites bloom January
Italicus bloom January
Grand Primo,, Narcissus tazetta Grand Primo, $4.99/3, plt 9/1-11/25, blm Feb-Mar, PS
Lent Lily, Narcissus pseudonarcissus, $10.00/3, plt 9/1-11/25, blm Mar, 1/2 day winter sun
Camparnelle, Narcissus x odorus, $10.00/5, plt 9/1-11/25, blm mid-Mar, 1/2 day winter sun
Jonquil, Narcissus jonquilla, $10.00/7, plt 9/1-11/25, blm Mar. 1/2 day winter sun
Texas Star, Narcissus x intermedius, $10.00/5, plt 9-1/11-15, blm Mar, 1/2 day winter sun
Golden Dawn, Narcissus tazetta Golden Dawn, $4.99/3, plt 9/1-11/25, blm Mar, FS (winter)
Snowflake, leucojum aestivum, $4.99/3, plant 9/1-11/25, bloom Feb, PS-FS

Summer bloomers

Crocosmia
Pink Rain Lily - Zephyranthes labufarosea, $10.00/3, plt-any, blms 4-6 times May to Fall, PS
Zephyrantines candida - bog conditions
Prairie Sunset