Blooming now... was N...Ldies.
Marguerite English (Fri, 21 Dec 2007 15:30:12 PST)

And it has gone in a fascinating direction, as always in the forum.
My long-term choice is to buy one of each possibility for this spring
and check them out more thoroughly than I have in the past...

One of my favorite blues is now showing off in the plant room. Morea
polystacha has one of the best blue colors there is! Each blossom
doesn't last long, but there has been a new one each day for several
days now. I have been trying to feed my winter-blooming bulbs better,
and it does seem to make a difference. Also some red cyclamen (I don't
know the species, and hesitate to call them Florist Cyclamen (g)) just
in time for Christmas.

Also blooming although not geophytes: Streptocarpus in a hanging
pot, a few orchids, and the camellias. I keep reading that camellias
are hardy outside here, but I get nasty Santa Ana winds just as they
start blooming, so they are much better inside.

J.E. Shields wrote: