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@harley_babes_hoard wrote:

I thought hippeastrums flowered late spring into summer. So why have a few of mine started to flower now. I planted them about 3-4 months ago.

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In my experience plants respond to the weather, not the calender. All sorts of odd flowerings happen sometimes.

just another indication of climate change

not sure what state you're in but according to Don Burke's fact sheet they're supposed to flower from late Spring through to Summer

 

 

http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/2000/archives/2000/in_the_garden/flowering_plants_and_shrubs/hippea...

 

I'm sure I've seen the red one flowering over winter before

 

so yes, your's are floweing at an odd time, it must be due to the weather

Hi Harley. Are you the same Harley from the RT? Haven't seen you in ages.

I have a gardening question. I have two gladioli and they're dead stalks. Do I dig them up, or leave them? If I leave them, can I chop the ugly dead leaves off? If I dig them up, how do store the bulbs? And how do you break the bulbs into bits?