Their bloom time is short, but this is the biggest flush of color we have seen from them yet. The abuse heaped on their heads is manifold: It's been a punishingly dry summer, and I never replanted them from last year's very WET summer, when the soggy ground dried so fast it actually heaved the bulbs partway out of the ground.
So the bulbs are partly exposed, never watered and in crummy alkaline clay soil. What are they doing? Multiplying like weeds!
We not only have more blooms than ever this year, the stand is spreading, and another round of bloom stalks are on the rise, which should double the show.
I love these bulbs! They were worth every penny!
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