What's blooming now - week of Sept 12, 2011
J.E. Shields (Mon, 12 Sep 2011 10:33:28 PDT)

Hi all,

In the garden, the first Colchicum of the season, C. cilicicum, is just now
blooming. None of the other Colchicum I have are showing anything above
ground so far.

On the deck, the tiny pink flowers of Nerine gracilis (or maybe N.
hesseoides?) are just starting. There are scapes showing but no color yet
on the dwarf form of Nerine angustifolia. N. filifolia is also showing
scapes, which are much taller this year than in past years.

In the greenhouse, Haemanthus barkerae is in full bloom, with its small
pink "paintbrush" blooms. Also showing buds are Haemanthus pubescens
pubescens and H. pubescens arenicolus. Haemanthus dasyphyllus is showing a
bloom as well. H. coccineus bulbs continue to show new blooms, and the
hybrids H. [barkerae x coccineus] and [coccineus x barkerae] are blooming
like mad. This is one of my favorite times of the year in the greenhouse.

I'll try to get pictures of these somewhere on-line sometime in the next week.

Regards,
Jim Shields

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