It's summer! Time for the summer blooming bulbs and I thought we might start off with some of Legalily's great images:

A. Shubertii?



Molly


...and one from my garden:

A. karataviense

Yes those are schubertii

Allium moly

That's about it for now.

I will have more blooms of other plants later.

Here is my blooms so far

The Hippeastrum that I rescued from someones dustbin at christmas is now in bloom in the garden..............


I don't understand growing them as houseplants. They make really good garden specimens (in pots in colder climates like ours) and only really need to be kept dry over the winter (this one was simply under the side porch which has no door or suchlike). The added bonus is that the stem doesn't get ridiculously long like it does when grown indoors.

Beautiful longk

Nice rescue!

Where I live, Hippeastrums are sold at Christmas and thrown away when they are done blooming. My grandmother would keep them and get them to bloom again, but most people don't bother. Maybe because they do not know how to or maybe because it is easier to just get new ones?

First blooms this year-finally!
Crimson Pixie

Bad lighting, but so excited to see them I didn't care


Lollipop open but not quite all the way this morning

longk said:The Hippeastrum that I rescued from someones dustbin at christmas is now in bloom in the garden..............


I don't understand growing them as houseplants. They make really good garden specimens (in pots in colder climates like ours) and only really need to be kept dry over the winter (this one was simply under the side porch which has no door or suchlike). The added bonus is that the stem doesn't get ridiculously long like it does when grown indoors.

I have always wondered about that, and now I realize that I want to grow them outside, as we do not have a lot of indoor room anyway. I think they look much nicer outdoors. I had been thinking that for years now. I just haven't gotten around to getting any to add to the garden yet.

Ginny ~ Very pretty!

I thought the Muscari comosum 'Plumosum'/Leopoldia comosa I bought last fall would only send up foliage this year, but now it looks as if a few of them are trying to put up blooms:


Alliums are still looking good:


A. Purple Sensation



A. karataviense 'Ivory Queen'


A. karataviense


A. 'Mount Everest'



A. christophii



A. siculum/Nectaroscordum siculum



A. multibulbosum/A. nigrum


A. roseum

IrisLilli said:Nice rescue!

Where I live, Hippeastrums are sold at Christmas and thrown away when they are done blooming. My grandmother would keep them and get them to bloom again, but most people don't bother. Maybe because they do not know how to or maybe because it is easier to just get new ones?

It's the same here. It's not even hard to rebloom them indoors.

evelyninthegarden said:

I have always wondered about that, and now I realize that I want to grow them outside, as we do not have a lot of indoor room anyway. I think they look much nicer outdoors. I had been thinking that for years now. I just haven't gotten around to getting any to add to the garden yet.

I would have thought that they would be hardy there. Am I wrong?

In zone 8, in the southeast US, they are hardy in the ground. We get very little snow in winter; the worst problem we have to deal with is a late frost in spring that may burn the leaf tips. You may want to try one bulb and see how well it survives your winters. You may also consider planting in a sheltered location with mulch for additional protection.

Lillie your alliums are gorgeous Lobe them all

Ginny!

I would love to be able to grow Hippeastrums outside...

longk said:The Hippeastrum that I rescued from someones dustbin at christmas is now in bloom in the garden..............


I don't understand growing them as houseplants. They make really good garden specimens (in pots in colder climates like ours) and only really need to be kept dry over the winter (this one was simply under the side porch which has no door or suchlike). The added bonus is that the stem doesn't get ridiculously long like it does when grown indoors.

Completely agree on using them outside in container, shorter stems and I believe more intense color.

1st Peruvian Daffodil this year, ie -> Ismene or Hymenocallis


One of the Pineapples -


Iron Cross (Oxalis)


Crinum

4 scapes to start the show (most ever experienced for first blooming presentation).

Lilies
25 different cultivars so far, many to go...from today -
<- Tiny series

Beautiful!

...and those pineapples made me giggle!