04.27.05
Dietes vegeta
This greeted me in the backyard this evening. It is the first time this plant has bloomed. I have one other D. vegeta planted (that is bouncing back after a long tenure in it’s original nursery pot) in front, and a D. bicolor that will hopefully bloom soon.
You have to love spring! (Even though it’s already in the 80s here. Grr.)
According to Desert Tropicals: “The 3-inch wide (7 cm) flowers are short lived, but are numerous. They come in group at approximately 2 week intervals in spring and summer. Don’t cut off the long flower stems, since they will grow more flowers.”
Heather said,
April 27, 2005 at 8:34 pm
That is so beautiful! I’ve never seen a flower like that. I’d love to see what your yard looks like.
Alison said,
April 27, 2005 at 11:36 pm
Hey there - that is sooooo beautiful!!! I forgot to tell you the other night:
I have two full bags of yarn that I am also throwing on ebay…
One is a bag of 10 balls of navy cotton from SWTC. Each ball has 228 yards (5sts and 8 rows per inch).. It’s their Beyond Cotton.
And I have 100% wool “Peruvian Highland Wool” 8 balls of a pretty royal blue and four balls of a pretty navy blue - this is totally feltable… each ball has 109 yards (19 sts and 24 rows)
I am asking exactly what I paid for them - the cotton $25 for the bag, and the wool $35 for the bag…
Let me know if you are interested in either— I thought about it after you left Tuesday night