Favorite Orange Flowered Bulbs--TOW
Lee Poulsen (Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:29:51 PST)

My choices:

Clivia miniata, blooming right now, and in lots of landscapes all over
southern California.

The orange Gladiolus dalenii, just the right color of orange for
Halloween which is conveniently around the time it blooms for me.

Hippeastrum puniceum from Haleakala National Park, Maui, Hawaii, which
is blooming right now and I've put a photo of it on the wiki.

Kniphofia 'Christmas Cheer', blooms reliably in December each year and
requires almost no care other than regular water.

Narcissus 2O-O cultivars, I bloomed one that Steve Vinisky sent me and
loved the soft orange perianth with the bright orange corona. I imagine
there are better cultivars being bred, but I need one that will bloom
reliably in southern Calif. and won't wash out too quickly in the
sunshine.

--Lee Poulsen
Pasadena area, California, USDA Zone 9-10