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My wife and I are in to finding old , abandoned gardens and transplanted some very large bulbs from an old railroad comunity that's been gone for over 50 years.
The leaves were about 3' long abd 2" wide and draped the ground .Now , for the first time after waiting 2 1/2 years , one is blooming. It started as a bud on a shoot and the bud opened to show 10 smaller buds inside . Today ,May 10th , the first flower appeared and I still don't know what the heck they are.
If anyone can tell me , I'd sure appreciate it. Thanks!
Barry
This message was edited Thursday, May 10th 10:47 AM
Welcome to Dave's Garden! I'm not positive, but I think you may have a Crinum, specifically C. zeylanicum, more commonly known as Milk & Wine Crinum. Here's a link to Brent & Becky's Bulbs website, with a photo: http://www.brentandbeckysbulbs.com/cgi-bin/bulbs/65-04
Your plants are beautiful, and if these are crinum, they can take years to establish and bloom. Sounds like it's best to dig them up in the fall if you need to divide them...and if you DO need to divide them, I'd be glad to take a few off your hands!
barrykooda(nice name!) I know your cousin, barra-kooda very well! ha ha..Welcome to Daves! Terry is right they are Crinums, milk & wine. They are a very old plant here is the south where I am at. They can mostly be found at old homeplaces. I just love them. I have a few of them here. Lisa
Thanks Lisa,
We found them , originally a few years ago growing in an old abandoned French settlement called La Reunion in Dallas and took several home. They are developing that area and they bulldozed everything but many of the bulbs returned and are soon to be covered with a parking lot or something so we went back to save as many as we could . I had to sacrafice another shovel to the cause but we managed to get a dozen or so more before the police came and had us vacate the construction area. They were very nice when they figured out that we weren't stealing construction equipment and let us keep the plants.I told them I was with the Texas Horticultural Preservation Society.(Sounds real , huh?) Gotta be fast on your feet if you wanna snag plants.
Barry
Barry, your story is a good one! :) It makes sense that you found the plants at a french settlement called LA. Reunion..Those type of flowers are very popular down here and we are all of french background. My guess is that some of us went over there and started a town and someones little old granny could not leave her preciouos lillies behind. I am so glad you were able to rescue them! Just think of the stories they could tell if they could talk!! Lisa from da' bayou..
Hey, Barry - the Texas Mounties aren't going to show up and demand I turn over these bulbs are they? (hee hee)
They are nestled in their new home, and unless my nosy neighbor catches wind that I may be in receipt of something illegally obtained, I think they're safe. Thanks again!!!!
Hi KathyJo,
Not much recently.We've usually found good new homes and bought our own home three years ago and are starting to collect for ourselves.So far , we have mostly found old Irises and such but we're always on the lookout for strays, plants and otherwise.(6 cats and 2 dogs)
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