Naturalized at home in Lehigh Valley, PA (zone 6). Easy to move around and have gifted bulbs with success. Grows well at the base of a ...Read Morebirch and as an edging around beds, rich soil. Love the yellow blooms in the fall and the green all winter. I leave the greens go until they turn yellow in the spring then cut back. If I try to pull out the yellowed leaves, the bulb may come out with it and need to be reburied; the large bulbs tend to stay close to the surface.
Got my bulbs from Old House Gardens and it has been an easy plant. I planted them in mostly sun with shade provided by long branches fr...Read Moreom neighboring plants. OHG told me to plant then in a dryish location, which I did.
MIne grow in full sun and seem to be totally trouble free. I planted them four years ago, and they are increasing gradually in an area wi...Read Moreth low to moderate water and soil that is a bit rocky.
Mine start blooming in early September and continue until early October. I haven't yet tried transplanting, but am going to give it a try this season.
I received this plant as part of a trade five or six years ago, knowing that I was a zone colder than it normally grows. It has put up f...Read Moreoliage every year, but never bloomed. I had decided to send it to my daughter who lives in zone 7a, a more appropriate zone, but low and behold, two little buds have become two lovely clear yellow blooms. I can truthfully say it was worth the wait.
They are naturalised on a sunny bank that just gets a little dappled shade here in SW France and are doing very well. The flowers appear ...Read Moresturdier than a crocus and are a wonderfully rich yellow. They open wide in sunshine and close as the sun goes in.
This plant was a squirrel gift in my garden a few years ago; the single bulb multiplied to a large stand within 3 years.
T...Read Morehe flowers appear in early September, and stay until mid-October. Foliage appears and grows along with the flowers, ultimately growing to about 10" high. It remains upright and growing until March, when it starts to go dormant.
Reputedly difficult to get established; resents transplanting. I haven't tried yet.
Some disreputable companies sell wild-collected and mis-labeled sternbergias, which are becoming threatened in their native habitat.
Flowers appear at the same time as fall-blooming crocus, which they resemble, but the cups are much larger, and a brilliant yellow.
Bloomed nicely in my zone 7b garden. The bright yellow blooms catches the eyes from a distant.
Naturalized at home in Lehigh Valley, PA (zone 6). Easy to move around and have gifted bulbs with success. Grows well at the base of a ...Read More
Got my bulbs from Old House Gardens and it has been an easy plant. I planted them in mostly sun with shade provided by long branches fr...Read More
MIne grow in full sun and seem to be totally trouble free. I planted them four years ago, and they are increasing gradually in an area wi...Read More
I received this plant as part of a trade five or six years ago, knowing that I was a zone colder than it normally grows. It has put up f...Read More
They are naturalised on a sunny bank that just gets a little dappled shade here in SW France and are doing very well. The flowers appear ...Read More
This plant was a squirrel gift in my garden a few years ago; the single bulb multiplied to a large stand within 3 years.
T...Read More