By the way, if you’d like to subscribe to our YouTube channel, you may do so by clicking here. Here is one of latest videos on a dig of Crinum ‘Mrs. James Hendry’ in Central Texas. Also below are some recent photos. I continue to love this bulb (you may buy some or read about […]
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Vegetable Gardening Tips and Video With Dr. Bill Welch
While we’ve made a more concerted effort to keep our social media accounts active, I have sadly let the blog slip. However, I am running a newsletter tomorrow morning announcing some new products online such as the Lycoris squamigera (known as the pink naked lady) and two new products to our 10 for $10 page: […]
Crinum ‘Bradley’ Blooming
Hello All, The Crinum ‘Bradley’ are blooming and they look great. This first phots is from the garden bed in front of our shipping warehouse where they have mixed in nicely with a salvia selection. I took the photo this morning. We just posted some online for sale. The have one nice open bloom […]
Crinum ‘Mrs. James Hendry’ available
This is one of our favorite crinum bulbs, and we value it for the open blooms, good fragrance, nice foliage, repeat blooms, and strong stalks that don’t fall over when loaded with a big bloom. We never seem to have enough! However, our one gallon potted crop is coming along nicely and we are releasing […]
Pink Rain Lily – Habranthus robustus
I’ve written about my favorite pink rain lily quite a bit in the past, but unfortunately some of my old blog posts have been deleted. As we head into the summer months, this is a good time to mention it again. About now, many of our spring bloomers are wrapping up and we’ve all been […]
Spider Lilies are Up
Hello All, Just a quick note to let you all know that we have posted two different selections for spider lily sales this year. Please see these links and enjoy! We’ll be sending out the full newsletter this Friday. As a pack of 3 jumbo bulbs for $12 As a pack of 3 regular […]
From the Farm! Blooming Now.
A quick check-in with Crinum x herbertii at the farm. https://www.southernbulbs.com/crinum-milk-wine-lily-small/ By the way, we had a sad moment in BulbHunter.com blog history. Our WordPress hosting with GoDaddy lapsed and our archives were deleted! We collected as much as we could with the Wayback Machine (https://archive.org/web/) but it was only so much. We’ll just have […]
From Bumps to Bulbs: Summer in Review Part 8
***This is the second to the last blog of our summer review. It is a short one. The last one will take us up to the fall. By the way, our website incorrectly marked our oxblood lilies as sold out. WE STILL HAVE SOME! I have made the change at www.southernbulbs.com and they are now […]
Planting Crinum Lily Seeds
Question: “Hi Michael, I went to a family reunion in the country and old church. Well the dark pink crinum lily was blooming and some had set seed. I took the seeds home and some had sprouted a root. I want to know how to plant and will a bulb develop? Thanks, Joan” Answer: Hello, […]
The Red Spider Lily Photo Contest Winner Is…
Congratulations to Cheryl Hodges of Union Grove Community, just outside of Gladewater, TX. She is our red spider lily photo contest winner! Cheryl has been gardening for 25 years and has transplanted multiplying red spider lilies around her yard. She said the following about growing red spiders: “…my tip would just be patience – they […]
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