It was planted ages ago and has never flowered before, another flowered last year but I can’t find it. This one must have been growing every year as there are three stems of flowers, it actually looks even better today but it is raining so can’t get a good image.
Ah, not destined to fill large areas then! Pretty colour though. I’ve only ever seen them sold as house plants, in supermarkets and the weird areas in the larger garden centers.
I love A. belladonna; a friend gave me a bulb last summer which I duly planted and nurtured, but during one of the really hard freezes, even the bulb turned to mush. Hopefully my friend is still feeling generous as I would love to establish these!
Beautiful! I brought a few bulbs from my parents’ garden in the north of Portugal. They do pretty well both here and there (much colder). When the flowering ends I’m moving them to a new flower bed.
That’s beautiful Christina–worth the wait. Thought of you yesterday. We went to Duke Gardens to the white garden with all the oak-leaf hydrangeas. A blue-sky, sunny day–with low humidity!
Yes, I think maybe the bulbs became covered with other plants and they don’t like that so if I buy more I must make sure they have some space. I loved the White garden at Duke Garden, I thought it was the part with the most thought behind the planting, from your image today it looks even better now and I would definitely like it even more in low humidity!
They’re wonderful plants, Christina. I received some from a gardener on the east coast late in the season and they didn’t bloom this year. Hopefully, they’ll show up next year.
Creating my own garden of the Hesperides 
Some flowers are such show-offs, aren’t they, even when coloured so delicately! She positively demands space to be noticed and admired.
It was planted ages ago and has never flowered before, another flowered last year but I can’t find it. This one must have been growing every year as there are three stems of flowers, it actually looks even better today but it is raining so can’t get a good image.
Ah, not destined to fill large areas then! Pretty colour though. I’ve only ever seen them sold as house plants, in supermarkets and the weird areas in the larger garden centers.
You see huge patches of them further south, around Naples and in Sicily.
I love A. belladonna; a friend gave me a bulb last summer which I duly planted and nurtured, but during one of the really hard freezes, even the bulb turned to mush. Hopefully my friend is still feeling generous as I would love to establish these!
As I said above mine have taken ages to flower but I might get more for the new changed garden.
Beautiful! I brought a few bulbs from my parents’ garden in the north of Portugal. They do pretty well both here and there (much colder). When the flowering ends I’m moving them to a new flower bed.
I may have planted them too deep, I think they like to be on the surface, but I must check that before I plant any more.
I had never thought about it, but yes they do fine just below the surface. That’s where mine have always been planted.
That’s useful to know, thank you.
That’s beautiful Christina–worth the wait. Thought of you yesterday. We went to Duke Gardens to the white garden with all the oak-leaf hydrangeas. A blue-sky, sunny day–with low humidity!
Yes, I think maybe the bulbs became covered with other plants and they don’t like that so if I buy more I must make sure they have some space. I loved the White garden at Duke Garden, I thought it was the part with the most thought behind the planting, from your image today it looks even better now and I would definitely like it even more in low humidity!
They’re wonderful plants, Christina. I received some from a gardener on the east coast late in the season and they didn’t bloom this year. Hopefully, they’ll show up next year.
They seem to nee the late summer rain to trigger flowering, I do hope yours flower next year for you, they should if the bulbs are large enough.
Stunning flowers and such a lovely colour.
The colour seems so delicate for this time of the year.
How lovely. The one I planted (gift from friend) failed to put in an appearance. I blame the gophers.