Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Think Spring! Seed Swapping DISCUSSION for Feb. 16 swap, 1 by Gitagal
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Gitagal wrote: Buttoneer-- I got you down for all you asked for. Do you want me to put them all in your bag that Jill always makes up? Or--do you want to just look for all the seeds you wanted in my box? The Stinking iris will only have 3 seeds in the package. There were not too many. None of us know what this thing will really be like. Earlier last year--we had a small catch-up get-together at sally's and I dug up a clump of this plant and took it down there. Both sally and Coleup got a piece--and they will grow it out and see what's what. This has been behind my bird bath for years. Out of sight--out of mind. I remember--years ago--planting these small Lilly starts there thinking they were babies from my Tiger Lily, which used to grow in that area. When I found some small starts right by the base of the Tiger Lily, I naturally assumed they were babies from it. I dug them up and planted them in my Yuk bed. There they grew to about 8"--and i decided to dig them up again, and plant them behind my concrete bird feeder thinking how pretty it would look to have Tiger Lilies blooming above it. Well--I never saw them bloom--and so pain no attention. Last fall--as i was cleaning up some dead Lily foliage--I saw these big, open pods with bright orange, pea sized seeds in them. WHOA!!! After a lot of postind and wondering what the heck this was--SallyG ID'd them after Googling for them. Right now--in all this cold--the leaves on these clumps are still green and upright. They are thin, sword-shaped and kind of "sharp"....and coarse. I will be eagle-eying this clump to see what the blooms look like this spring. Here is the clump as it looks now. Gita |