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Feb 3, 2012 1:23 PM CST
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Amaryllis Cactus and Succulents Dog Lover Hostas Irises Region: Pennsylvania
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Margaret,
You need to know that you will have to wait at least 3 years to see results. Some after 5 years. When I grew my hippeastrum, they were from the hybrids like yours and after 3 years The only ones that flowered were of the wild red type. Small and only 2 per stem. However the spices ones will produce the same as the parent and crosses with them will give some excellent results.

On daylilies. I got some seed pods in the fall that I planted the small black round seeds and got almost all 10 to sprout and the following year they bloomed and were similar to the parent but different shades. I latter lost them to helpful gardeners who weeded my yard due to I was very sick that year and continued to work. They pulled out and thru away all my plants. I guess they couldn't tell the lilies from the wild grasses. At least they left my maples alone. It did give me more of a effort to do my own weeding from now on.

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