Florida gardening questions

Spooky Mulder wrote:

Has anyone ever planted crocus and did they require refrigeration before planting?

Tired Of Silly wrote:

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I've never planted them, but they would require refrigeration to "force" them. Unfortunately, the beautiful spring bulbs that are traditional up north, crocuses, tulips and daffs, require a cold period in order to bloom.:(

Spooky Mulder wrote:

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Well, I'll stick them in the frig out in the garage. They be quite comfortable with all the beer we never drink.
Crocus are supposed to have a hardiness of 9, but there wasn't any mention about forcing them to bloom.

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Tired Of Silly wrote:

I had wonderful bulb gardens up north. The crocus is usually the first one to poke its head up, sometimes through the snow. A welcome harbinger of spring after a long nasty winter! I miss them, and lilacs!

Spooky Mulder wrote:

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After a few years of hard freezes, I put in bulbs, rhizomes and tubers. I had enough amaryllis lillies to go around the entire border at the new house. I couldn't dig all my bulbs up, couldn't find alot, so I'm having to buy them again. I have more shade here, so that's a challenge. I love gardening. I'm waiting for my rib fx to heal then I'll be back out there.

Tired Of Silly wrote:

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I love amaryllis and have a bunch of them too. Shade is hard for things that don't require replanting every year. I do a lot of container flowers and put big pots of seasonal flowers around the pool and the rest of the back yard. In the front I stick with things that come back if they freeze. I too love gardening, it's therapy for me. Playing in the dirt always makes me feel better when things aren't going quite right!

Spooky Mulder wrote:

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I bought some Astilbe and elephant ears. I'm looking for trillium but not sure what color I want. I like container gardening too. I had a really colorful Tropicana Canna that I mixed with a Persian Plant and red Verbana. Added annuals to the mix for a change. Adding some dwarf daylillies to the border. I bought 3 lbs of mixed Caladiums. And I have about 20 very large Giant Red Canna rhizomes. Waiting for lilly bulbs. We have some plants in pool waterfali'm not putting many plants back there. Gets the deck to dirty. I had a lot of perennials at the old house that I left.
I bought 2 Oakleaf hydrangeas. Very hardy. Didn't have to keep all that crap for making sure the blooms don't loose their colors.
I guess you can tell I love gardening too. It is very theraputic.

Tired Of Silly wrote:

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I'll have to look for the Oakleaf hydrangeas. I LOVE hydrangeas but never got the knack of all that messing around to keep them the color I wanted. It's been so dang cold at night lately that I haven't done much with the yard in a while, but I'm getting the urge just from this thread!! Maybe this weekend! Oh, and I hope your ribs heal soon, busted ribs HURT!

Doobie Time wrote:

Can you get good fresh dirt form a dirt farm, or do you have to go to markets and get top soil....lol

Doobie Time wrote:

Wal-Mart sells top soil in forty (40) pound bags, but I just wanted some plain ole dirt. Like maybe a truck load or two for a new flower bed/boxes I built doing some land-scaping.

Doobie Time wrote:

Wal-Mart sells top soil in forty (40) pound bags, but I just wanted some plain ole dirt. Like maybe a truck load or two for a new flower bed/boxes I built doing some land-scaping.

Tired Of Silly wrote:

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Must be a big ole flowerbed if you need two truckloads of dirt!!! Do tell, what are you planning to put in it???

Spooky Mulder wrote:

Has anyone ever planted crocus and did they require refrigeration before planting?

Spooky Mulder wrote:

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Heck, I'd like to get a truckload of good dirt. Rained off and pn most of the day. Did you get any rain?

zazz wrote:

<quoted text>I have not refrigerated the ones I have purchased. If you are planting your own and they have not been through a winter you need to give them a false winter.