TEN??? OMG! I can hardly wait to see a picture of *that*!

So, supplemental watering? Winter only? Tell us all about it!

Thanks for looking/commenting, Pagan! These really are easy, fun plants. I'll definitely post a pic or two when more blooms open up. This is a pot-buster plant that's for sure. I just slop water on it once a week autumn and winter, and then maybe twice a week in summer. It gets summer sun and winter shade, plus general all purpose water soluble fertilizer spring and summer. It's really easy to keep happy in pots or in the ground, and the bulbs store enough moisture that the plant is okay even when I'm away from home for work or fun which happens very often for me. I love it!

Here's a pic of a pot full of bulbs.

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Thanks again for commenting. Happy gardening all!
Grant

Here is a link that might be useful: Pics from my garden so far March 2012

Huh - even in a terracotta pot, only once or twice in summer? That's great. Is that in your southern exposure?

Yup and yup. Now you can see why I'm such a fan, LOL. Great durable plants (just remember they get mostly shade in summer). Thanks for looking/commenting. I'll add some more pics when more blooms are open. Happy gardening all!

I accidentally broke one of the many flower stalks off while working in the garden this weekend. Here it is in a small glass vase in my den. They make surprisingly good cut flowers. When life gives you lemons, make lemonade, right? I broke a stem but now I have a nice little flower to enjoy indoors, along with tons of the main plant outdoors.

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Happy gardening everyone!
Grant

Very nice. Love your prints, Grant.

Thanks, Pagan, and all. Here are two other pics from this morning, one just showing a big pot of this Hippeastrum blooming at the right, and the other showing a closer view of a single bloom with a "felt plant" (Kalanchoe beharensis) in the background. Happy gardening all!

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Here is a link that might be useful: Pics from my garden March 2012

Okay, just a couple more since it's just such a fun, giving plant:

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That's Hippeastrum reticulatum 'Mrs. Garfield' at the bottom with variegated foliage. Tennis ball included to show relative size.

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Happy gardening!
Grant

Grant, I love all your container! where do you get all your pots from? and how often do you water in the summer?

Thanks! I get containers from a lot of places: Baker Nursery (great for colorful glazed Talavera pots), Berridge Nursery, Lowes Hardware, Home Depot, Shady Way Nursery (out in AJ but great plants and a nice selection of unusual pots), just about anywhere really. I try to stick to terracotta and talavera or red glazed pots, just to try to keep things from being too scattered colorwise (for the pots anyway, anything goes when it comes to plants!). Thanks for looking/commenting! Happy gardening (and pot shopping!), Grant.

Here is a link that might be useful: Pics, so far, from my garden April 2012

Hi Grant,
In your post on March 24th you said "summer sun and winter shade." Later in another post you said summer shade. I have ordered them from PBS and want to get it right! Which is what you do?

Hah! I made a typo, Nancy, thanks. They get WINTER SUN and then SUMMER SHADE of course, that way they get sun when it's weaker and cooler and shade when it's ferociously strong. Thanks for checking. Great luck with yours! Keep an extra pot handy if/when they break their current pot, LOL. Great plants!

Take care,
Grant

Here is a link that might be useful: April 2012 pics (so far) from my garden