Whats Looking Good January 2023

Snowdrops and ipheion

 

@CarolineL How lovely. I would love some of those.

 

@vbgr I think the ipheion is Charlotte Bishop - it seems to do a lot better than some of the blue ones. The snowdrops are a galanthus elwesii variant - much bigger and more robust than nivalis.

 

No different to 90% of English lawns.

 

Thank you @CarolineL
I will look out for those names, especially the Charlotte Bishop. V

 

After I repotted my two pots of Clivias on the 6th I've just discovered, (this evening!), that they now have flowerbuds just coming out of the necks of the bulbs! I didn't expect them to begin to flower so soon! They need the same treatment as Amaryllis but the Amaryllis take a lot longer to produce buds after having been dormant for a few months.


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The last couple of years they have only had leaves but I read last year they they need a period of cold & dry to rest for a few months. It appears that unless they get this they will just make more & more leaves but will never flower however old they get! As these have been in our kitchen for the last 3 or 4 years it's not surprising they haven't flowered in years!

They came originally from my son & I remember they did flower one year but the flowers opened way down amongst the base of the leaves . I hope this time they flower above the leaves!
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I've got some pot Clivias in the greenhouse, I usually leave them there till the buds show and then bring them into the conservatory to flower.
I do find they have a lot of leaf, I only keep them because they give some early flowers.

 

My Clivia is also flowering but it is in the house. It has been in a shelter by the side of my shed during summer and I brought it indoors in the autumn. I think of it as a house plant.

 

My clivia has flowered pretty regularly on the kitchen window sill with minimal care. I grew it from a seed from a hotel in Sorrento! I've had to divide it because it was escaping, but they have a very high leaf/flower ratio, so I'm not sure it'll stay...

 

I’m having trouble with this website. I have to sign in every time I want to view and I can’t tell you all that I like your post, it just won’t list it. So please take it for granted that I like them all. It’s a lovely gardening discussion. V

 

Hi,there is a box you can tick when signing in that remembers you so you don't have to keep signing in, I think you have to be allowing cookies for it to work.