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Above: tulipa tarda in the Adventure Garden
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May 18, 2011
"early" spring blooms in my Calgary garden - May 14
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Lewisia and Doronicum orientale are both flowering for me. Both are well worth getting, lewisia especially with its outstanding flowers.
Daffs are up too. I was surprised that they come up before tulips.
Posted by: random bunch of letters | May 19, 2011 at 09:48 AM
Yes, I love my leopards bane for greening up so early in spring and then blooming early too. Mine didnt show any buds a few days ago but hopefully itll be blooming soon! I have several and theyre all in quite a bit of shade.
I dont have lewisia but have thought about it. What kind of spot is yours in? i.e. soil, drainage etc.?
Cheers,
Janice
Posted by: Janice Miller-Young | May 19, 2011 at 10:21 AM
I have two lewisia, they're both in raised beds, no special treatment with the soil, they seem to be very happy.
Posted by: random bunch of letters | May 19, 2011 at 11:05 AM
Very helpful, thanks!
Posted by: Janice Miller-Young | May 20, 2011 at 06:20 AM
Yeah I think as long as you have good drainage they'll be fine. I should also mention that one is in sunny and the other is in partly sunny conditions and they're fine with it.
I'm finding that most plants seem to enjoy partly-sunny conditions more than sunny (straight south exposure).
Posted by: random bunch of letters | May 20, 2011 at 10:35 AM
Thanks!
Posted by: Janice Miller-Young | May 24, 2011 at 01:49 PM
The Tulipa tarda look great..I've got to try some of those!
Posted by: Adrian Thysse | May 26, 2011 at 05:40 AM