3/30/08

Dutch Iris Flowered in 60 days: South Florida

I planted dutch iris bulbs (Miss Saigon variety) from a box store 60 days ago. This morning I noticed the first bloom.

Over the past 60 days, the weather has gone from 50-90 and we've had less than 10 days of rain. It receives 55 mins of irrigation once per week. They get filtered morning and afternoon sun. They look very much like young garlic (before they bloom).

Since I can't even grow a pansy, I'd give these dutch iris bulbs 5 Green Thumbs (scale of 0-5). By the way, I'm copyrighting, trademarking, and patenting the green thumb rating system...it's mine. :)
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5 comments:

  1. ATTENTION DO NOT CLICK ON EITHER ZOLOLKIS PROFILE OR THE WEBSITE HE PASTED, ITS A SELF INSTALLING VIRUS!!!
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  2. Did you chill these bulbs??? I'm completely jealous.
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  3. I planted about 18 in my garden and in less than two months I had blooms. They even withstood the major storm we had last evening. They are beautiful. This is also my first gardening experience and I am excited.
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  4. hi
    every year i get nuts and think the bulbs from holland will come up in fl. every year this one included, they don't. please tellme your secret. i planted dutch iris and asiatic lilies about a month ago. just like your conditions. help jb in tampa
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