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Dogleg
Did you have the base of the bulb touching the water?
Bulbs don't like that, if you cant get a proper glass growing jar just use a big enough glass.
Simply shove four wooden tooth picks into the bulb and rest it on the rim of the glass, keep the base of the bulb about 1inch from the water, this wont harm the bulb one bit. Cheers.

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centaura

I should have had more patience - I have a bud coming now. I'm just used to them putting the bud out first, flowering, and then growing leaves - not the other way around. But I don't mind - at least I have a flower coming!

-Centaura

Prowler

Centaura, they ain't exactly my forte so to speak, but the wife's ones grow very large leaves for a start, they can grow very large and the weight of them causes the leaves to droop, and even break.
This is why she ties them up loosley, at the top.
I often have a look inside of them, when she is not watching me, if i see that little spear thing starting, i tell her.
All i get told is. You stick to your little trees and leave my plants alone.

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shaggybirdman

lol

Kansai

Here's a Lady Lesson. The point is not in having an amaryllis. It's in receiving an amaryllis.

As for annuals--generally they add color and texture to the garden throughout the entire season, whereas perennials, shrubs and trees typically bloom for only a few days or weeks and then quickly fade. I don't do bulbs or annuals myself, but lucky for me the other half does.

DR

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Mattbonsai

I feel that theres enough varieties of trees / shrubs / climbers and herbaceous perennials out there to have all year interest, for example, rhodies and aza's are usually May time, Early crocuses, daffs, galanthus feb, Some cherries / malus march to april, crocosmia / gladioli / dahlia (if started indoors) for June, July. August/september - Canna, lavendula, october, november autumn colour from foliage, december cornus / acer palmatum stems, Jan - you can still rely on the cornus, or theres bamboos and other grasses which look great in large swards. None of these plants look good all year on their own, but when it comes to the garden who only wants to have one type of plant?

With bedding plants, I feel theres too much work, for too little return, with a tree or shrub its plant it once, prune it as necesary (which should be second nature to us anyway) and keep it well fed.

Bedding plants to have their place, but I prefer perennials or at least bienials over annuals.

-Matt-

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Kansai

Matt--I understand your point exactly. Like I said, I don't do annuals myself. On the other hand, there's nothing quite like a mob of unruly begonias rioting around in the beds.

DR

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