Yes, I have a few tucked here and there. I'm starting over again with the
saffron crocus (my sil threw the soil out of a "resting" pot of them away),
they're pretty as well, and are autumn blooming.
> are you saying crocus can be grown outdoors here?
> Amy of Marvelous Gardens wrote:
> Well, here in Orange County, zone 10a, we don't have to put the
Paperwhites
> and a few others in the fridge, but we do tulips, some of the other
> Narcissus, and they say hyacinths too, or they won't get enough winter
chill
> to blossom. Suppossed to let them die down naturally, dig them up and do
the
> process over again in winter. I put the tulip bulbs I took out of the
fridge
> into the ground 1st of Feb and they are blooming now. I've read it's
best to
> just start over again with new, but I'm going to try "re-doing" them
this
> winter. They are the beautiful 3 colored ones, so I'll try it jusst
once.
> I've had tuberose, of course the glads (they're coming up now, here you
> don't have to pull them out of the ground), I LOVE the sprekelia (Aztec
> Lily) with a beautiful red , exotic flower that's as beautiful as any
> orchid, the hyacinth re-bloomed this year without taking it out and
> chilling, I see some lilies poking their little heads out, tuberous
begonias
> aren't showing yet (they're edible, BTW), the dahlias aren't either,
they
> seem to take quite awhile, I guess it has to be warmer, the Green
Goddess
> calla lilies are blooming beautifully, crocosmia leaves are coming up,
and
> oh, that Hawaiian wood orchid is too.
> I bought a beautiful blue scilla in a small pot and I'll be putting that
> into the ground later, and the freesias have been blooming for a few
weeks
> now, the colorful "baby" callas will be doing their thing prolly April
or
> May , depending on the wweater (I love the little sheer spots some of
the
> colors get on their leaves). The crocus have already done it, my saffron
> crocus (autumn blooming) was thrown out by my SIL, of course the soil
was
> bare, cuz it wasn't it's time, sooo upsetting. Better luck next time.
The
> amaryllis we can grow out in the ground and leave it there. etc. etc.
> How sweet, putting daffodils in the fridge so they will blossom! Do
you do
> that with tulips too? What bulbs will grow outdoors in San Diego
country?
weather
> is warm with lots of sun. Otherwise February.
> 2. scilla siberica follows the first two in a week or two, so they
bloom
> together. You get white, yellow and blue, all small flowers, very
pretty.
> 3. Then crocus, then daffodils and narcissus, then tulips. Tulips seem
to
