Many people have asked about summer blooming bulbs or bulbs that are blooming now. That is a great question, and unfortunately the photos of Habranthus robustus, Crinums, Hymenocalis, and others from earlier blog posts have all been lost. Not to fear though, not only will those photos be added over the next few days, we will also begin to feature them on our website (www.southernbulbs.com).

We hope everybody enjoys their orders of fall planted bulbs. Remember, those bulbs will be shipped when it is time to plant in your area. We have a busy next couple weeks, as some of the last harvesting at the field needs to take place. Our office goes into sleep mode, as we put on our grungy clothes and go get dirty. The trick is to stay out of the sun or at least find some way to shade your self as you work.

I wanted talk about one of our favorite spring bloomers, the Twin Sisters or April Beauty (Narcissus x medioluteus). We do work with many treasures and this is one of them. It is one of the last blooming daffodils (Narcissus) and as the name implies it waits until April to send up a bloom. Thomas Jefferson reportedly grew it at Monticello, and we now have the wonderful opportunity to grow it here and present it to you. They are not the largest bulbs in the batch, but they have a wonderful round, white appearance that is somewhat unique for a Narcissus. We hope you enjoy them as much as we do.