Amaryllis and Species Tulip Planting

[@partyboypef]

3:38 i can see your gears turning about where to put more plants.

[@LitlPoot]

thanks for all the info on the species tulips ... I'll have to give them a try next year !! one thing I'll have to disagree with you on, however ... I think pink and orange look fabulous together - haha!!! I guess our differences of opinion is what helps us all to create fabulous gardens. Happy Christmas to one and all!!

[@greenthumbelina7331]

Jim, you're going to have a beautiful show in the spring! Tulips and oak trees, darn squirrels! 🐾🐿 I have to lay 1/2 inch hardware cloth down over my tulips, or the squirrels dig them up and either eat or replant them for me. I pin it down with landscape staples and then cover it with leaf mulch. Since I've started doing this, the squirrels leave them alone. The only problem with this is remembering to remove the hardware cloth when the tulips start coming up in the spring, and I don't always remember to do that, lol! Have a Merry Christmas.~Margie🎄⛄❄

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

Squirrels and I are not friends. They dig up my baby plants. I bought some cloches from Gardeners Supply and will if the squirrels will be deterred.

[@greenthumbelina7331]

@@kathrynmettelka7216 I know how you feel, I just got my 5 chicken wire cloches from Gardeners Supply earlier this week. Three with the extensions and two without. I sure hope they keep the squirrels out!

[@francismeowgannou5322]

I just finished planting my bulbs today. Which is kinda nuts because I'm in canada and it's almost Christmas.

[@julietavarron7401]

Jim: Merry Christmas! Whether you celebrate or not. A big THANK YOU. I continue to learn so much from your educational channel/content. I hope you find time to relax, breathe in nature, and cherish the time spent with family and friends during this holiday. And a happy new year. Cheers!

[@jcking6785]

Can’t wait to see your yard in the Spring! 💐🌷 At what point do you cut off the amaryllis leaves?

[@partyboypef]

i like that you rounded the ends on the trenching shovel!

[@jasminelouisefarrall]

Cannot wait to see everything in bloom 🥰

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

Love all the bulbs. They will be so pretty in spring.

[@penneyroyal6629]

So happy you mentioned coordinating colors in the garden. Curb appeal is important with colors and design. Thanks for all of your videos. Great information. Happy Holidays.

[@marcyperry684]

I loved your bulb videos. I planted my tulips in pots so I maybe able to ward off the deer. I’m going to try the smaller tulips next year. Merry Christmas!

[@L4sleeko]

I’ve gotten several Amaryllis bulbs like yours over the years and have planted them in the ground near the driveway, sidewalks and out in the backyard beds. They come back year after year, no problems. What a show! I’m near Wilmington on the coast. 🤠

[@gigizaino8805]

What a beautiful show this coming spring! I know a few squirrels will have some beef with you Jim come mid winter 🤣😉🐿🥊

[@thebloomingidiot9715]

I planted my Amaryllis in my garden and they bloom every year!

[@carmenbailey1560]

Amaryllis are one of my favourite bulbs. Hopefully my hubby gifts me one, been asking for a few years now. Springtime when all the bulbs come alive is so beautiful Thanks for sharing your bulb planting. 👍❤️😊

[@leeannmillet8215]

Merry merry Christmas

[@randalllaue4042]

Those bulbs are the first thing we are taught in botanical drawing. We always get on sale in late fall. 👍❤️

[@j109joell]

Thanks!

[@maggiecudic2744]

I started planting the clusiana tulips like the lady janes 15 years ago in North Carolina zone 8. They have returned and multiplied. The past couple of years I have branched out to other species tulips like lilac wonder. Hoping they will do the same.

[@olsonlr]

I've had reasonably good luck with Amarillas outdoors in zone 8a. Just don't tolerate much competition.

[@fredziffle447]

those were very close together ; any issues with dividing them in the future?

[@passepartoot]

Some amaryllis hybrids are tropical and others are subtropical, the latter being hardy in zones 7-10. There’s several yards in my Virgina neighborhood with startlingly arresting in-ground specimens. Of course, these flower in the spring, not midwinter. Brent and Becky’s nursery sells many that will thrive in southern gardens. My sister gave us an amaryllis bulb encased in _wax_. It’s sitting on the dining room table, about to open its flowers. I have no idea if it will survive outside, but I’m going to plant it outside this March, just to see.

[@trace9657]

At this rate my amaryllis will not be ready until mid January. It really wasn't getting enough light when I first woke it up. Foliage looks good now, I do hope it blooms, it would be the third year in a row it bloomed.

[@ammorales1524]

Thanks for the tips! Question: Can I plant amaryllis in a pot with no holes? Thanks!

[@cecilleflowerfarm]

My bulbs are showing up already!😱7a.

[@katherinecornette5315]

Last year I had piles of acorns-like walking on marbles. This year very few. I know it’s been dry and warm but do you notice these extremes? Love the species tulips. They’ll be beautiful this spring 💐

[@canuckviolet3322]

Yes the oak trees definitely have cycles of boom and bust. The booms are called 'mast' years. They are not absolutely regular and science is not sure exactly what causes them but weather & pollinator availability may be part of it. Also not consistent across the board - we had many, many acorns this year!! (AVL)

[@oakhillhomesteader]

Do squirrels bother these as much as typical tulip bulbs?

[@geckomoriadaimyoofwano7157]

Have you planted or tried growing the Christmas Carol camellia? I think its a newer variety but I'd love to hear your thoughts on it. It doesnt hurt to have another Jim Putnam camellia video 😄

[@ThePoehladian]

Hey Jim, if you have the time..... I have someone in Texas wondering if Leylands, Green Giants and Cryptomeria would be a good screen in East Texas climate ? We're talking 20 - 6 foot trees..... a price or recommendation & where I could buy these locally. Also a few 6 foot magnolias. Thanks !

[@anitahadley2871]

Do you keep watering your amaryllis or do you water once and then wait for some growth? I repotted mine but I’m not seeing any growth yet and wonder if I should water again.

[@gracehSF]

Water once and don’t water again until you see some growth.

[@anitahadley2871]

@@gracehSF I know they can take some time. Our lack of sun isn’t helping! I’m trying to be patient.

[@gracehSF]

@@anitahadley2871It’s definitely hard to be patient. I have bulbs in varying stages with some that have already bloomed and others that have very little growth.

[@LinusCello75]

I’m guessing the tulips you planted by the rosemary will appreciate the good drainage. Is the drainage the same at the other sites? Also, some of these tulips have interesting foliage, like the variegated T. praestans 'Unicum'

[@sedumbean]

Without many trees in your landscape, where do all the leaves come from?

[@JimPutnam]

Giant Oak in the back

[@solangemartinez599]

Just moved from New Jersey to Southern Virginia. How can I plant tulips in the landscape without the bunny's eating them. I have not done it yet cause I don't want to purchase hundreds of dollars on on bunny food 😫 Jim how do you deal with the 🐰

[@GrowingSouth]

Hey Jim, I am in the deep south - central/south Alabama - I got 100 of the clusiana type tulips to try, do you think these are a decent tulip for our climate? Winters here are typically cool and wet, with regular warm ups and cool downs. Rarely below freezing during the winter, and when it does it is short lived.

[@canuckviolet3322]

Am I the only person that has VOLE problems? I've even put tulips in 1/4" mesh cages underground and the little blighters cut off every stem as it emerged from the cage! I could see the underground holes on both sides where the entered and exited the buffet. 😡😡😡. I've only planted tulips in containers since. Anyone know if the species tulips are Rodent-resistent?

[@dorindajenkins7825]

👋😃

[@ryantheentrepreneur4040]

I just planted 300 bulbs and my local squirrels got into them 😡

[@JimPutnam]

That's never fun. The won't have gotten them all probably

[@dwohio8283]

I've moved to mostly daffodils, the squirrels here don't seem to like them as well as tulips. Daffs naturalize beautifully here, zone 6 central Ohio.

[@rdarrett3635]

That is so frustrating.