Anticipation
This is exciting! I have wanted an orange ginger lily for as long as I can remember. I tried growing it in Alabama and never got a bloom. I do have a white ginger ( Hedychium spicatum ) that has had a few blooms. A few years ago, someone told me that 'Tara' is the only one that will reliably bloom here. I don't know if that it true but I finally got one this year (thank you Dancing Oaks!). Planted in April next to our South foundation and given ample water, I can hardly believe it, but it looks like a bloom is imminent - in its first year! I'm holding my breath... Text and photos by Phillip Oliver, Dirt Therapy
I had some come up I suppose from a previous owner. I didn't know what they were at first. Thank goodness I didn't chop them down before I figured it out! They are so delicate-looking and beautiful!
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So Beautiful! I have some that mysteriously appeared a couple of years ago. I have absolutely no idea whence they came. We have lived here almost twenty years, maybe it was the Garden Fairy:)
ReplyDeleteThey do have a tendency to pop up in odd places. I'm not sure how they do that.
ReplyDeletePretty photo, Phillip--they provide fabulous color, don't they? We threw some away by mistake once (digging a bed in spring)--the dirt we moved in May (heavy clay) was alive with flowers in October.
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous. I don't beleive they grow in zone 6 which is where I am located. I have never seen them any place around here. I would surely have them if they did grow here.
ReplyDeleteI was just talking about trying these, so I appreciate your post and photos. Thanks, Cameron
ReplyDeletei always enjoy reading your posts...even if it creates a little envy on my part!
ReplyDeleteAlso...very handsome containers that you designed! Have you ever heard/seen Rita Randolph speak or visited her family's nursery in Jackson, TN...she specializes in containers and is a total hoot to talk to...passionate and enjoyable. There are some good pics on their web site, randolphsgreenhouses dot com if you interested.
Congratulations on those beautiful combinations...i look forward to seeing what you come up with for this new season.
I went and photographed some my neighbor has. They are so pretty and look so delicate that you think they would need rich soil, but hers are planted in red sand.~~Dee
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great addition for the fall garden.
I have not seen these here.
Thanks for showcasing such an interesting plant.
Best,
Philip
Those are gorgeous, that red is a knock out. I had some when I lived in Alabama and loved them.
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Hey, hey Phillip! ;0) I did not use to care for lycoris radiata, but this year for some reason, I have become fascinated with them! Randy dug up a majority of ours by the driveway to trade off for other plants, etc. I see these growing here, there and everywhere, but not for long. I am going to carry a spade in the trunk of my car and small box and when I see these lil' beauties growing somewhere haphazard, they're going in my trunk to come home with me!!
ReplyDeleteI just found out what these were yesterday. So many people call them naked ladies around here, thats what I thought they were, but now I know! I love your flowers you did downtown, they are beautiful! I live in Sheffield and am trying to get my flowers going. Mandy
ReplyDeleteHi Phillip, thanks for the info on these. I have the pink ones and just ordered a pot on one, not cheap either from plant delights. It has foliage showing now, a good sign. I hope it will multiply for a good show later. I also ordered some oxblood lilies from southern bulb company but they haven't arrived yet. They are also called schoolhouse lilies and hurricane lilies, just like the spiders. I have read that extra water is what makes them pop up, could that be true?
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That is quite the cluster of spiders there! They look so wonderful and bright. I bet they glow...
ReplyDeleteHey there Phillip,
ReplyDeleteI came to a screeching halt and backed up a road over some Naked Ladies last week. No one has lived in that house since I moved to this state and there they were shocking red beauties in the unmowed grass. Had I a shovel, they would have been relocated!
In answer to your question on my new not long ago ... and oh so not current blog - yes Lost In The flowers is replacing Guilty Gardener.
I have been so busy writing to earn a living I have just fallen so behind on everything else I was once on top of. I hope to get everything under control again soon. Don't loose faith. In the meantime, you can read some of my more boring writing at http://id-theft-prevention.org/Identity-Theft-Crimes.html. The majority of content on this site was written by non other than moi.
Have a great day,
Tammy
Lost In The Flowers
Gorgeous. I have some passalong from my dad and it's the first year so I think I may not get much. But I'm looking forward to more in the future.
ReplyDeleteThese flowers always make me smile, they are my grandmother's favorite flower and as a young girl I would always pick a large bunch of them. I would love to plant tons of them in my yard. What a beautiful photo of the spiders, you don't often see these but they are so interesting.
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