Jim,. I just discovered your blog. Superior! And am reading it. Thanks. 94 pp? Wow! But an explanation of the NPK ratios which I 'd not been able to figure out on my own. No wonder--based on atomic weight (which had not occurred to me) Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 11:51 AM Subject: [pbs] Clivia Open House. Was: ? SPRING ? > In Westfield, Indiana, we had three times the normal February > snowfall. Colder than normal almost every day. > > So I'm happy to have the Clivia House bursting into bud and bloom. I'll > post pictures in my blog later this week, at: > http://shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/… > > For now, there are Belgian-descent "reds" (red-oranges) and plenty of > peaches, both Chubb Peach as well as Victorian Peach. A seedling blooming > for the first time from two Solomone Pink parents is a nice medium to deep > peach color. > > A seedling from Keith Hammett (his cross #82065) is showing a nice red > coloration (deep red-orange) on its first ever bloom. > > So I'm happy that it's now March and no longer February; and I'm delighted > to see Clivia blooms all over the greenhouse. > > If you live within driving distance of Westfield (a northern suburb of > Indianapolis), come over on Saturday, March 13th for the Midwest Clivia > group get-together and Open House (1 to 4 PM EST) in the clivia > greenhouse. For lunch at 12 noon, please RSVP to <jshields@indy.net>. > > Jim Shields > > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/