Tigridia--Topic of the Week
Mary Sue Ittner (Tue, 23 Sep 2003 07:42:46 PDT)

Dear Paul & Rob,

Thanks for your interesting remarks about how you grow these plants. Glad
you reminded us Paul about the seed production. I have found if I deadhead
Calydorea that it will bloom for months every day or two (July-Oct last
year). Gelasine and Hesperoxiphion are two others that bloom a long time if
you nip off the flower heads after they have shriveled. Unfortunately while
I was in South Africa I was gone to do that and came back to very fat pods
and no more blooms. But I see blooming stalks on two of the Hesperoxiphions
who hadn't bloomed yet so hope to keep those going for awhile. To see most
of these however you need to be working at home, retired, or come home for
lunch as most of them open after many would have gone to work and are gone
before the day is over.

By all means Paul if you finally get tired of seeing all those wonderful
flowers do let a few set seed for the rest of us.

Mary Sue