TUBEROSE, who grows it successfully in TX - Daves Garden Polianthes are tuberose Zephrantes are rain lilies Tuberose are only white, either single or double Zephranthes come in white, yellow, pink or variegated I first met tuberose in Mexico, growing in pots with a delicious fragrance I have grown them in Texas, but they behave as an annual bulb, not lasting more than 2 - 3 years
Agave Species, Single Mexican Tuberose - Daves Garden Tuberose has a wonderful fragrance It blooms mid to late summer and the fragrance is more intense at night I plant my bulbs in large Read More pots and lift them each fall after the first frost kills back the foliage
Dividing tuberose bulbs - Daves Garden I was reading all of your posts and got curious, so I got out a book I have on bulbs by John Bryan called, appropriately, "Bulbs " He states under the "Cultivation" heading for Polianthes tuberosa that "Tuberose plants flower every other year; once a crown has flowered it splits, and another season of growth is required before flowering
Tuberose Blossoms Fail to Open Normally - Daves Garden Since I have my tuberose patches in locations that range from shady to sunny to parts inbetween and none of the areas bloom, not enough fertilizer is probably the cause Water regime is different from spot to spot too, so fertilizing, or lack thereof, was the common demoninator I fertilize on a hit or miss basis - whenever I think about it
Specialty Gardening:Wintering tuberoses? - Daves Garden Leave tuberose bulbs in the ground if you live south of zone 8 If you live in zone 8 or further north, you'll need to dig them Reduce the amount of water you give your tuberoses beginning three weeks prior to the expected date of the first hard frost This will allow the foliage to gradually dry up
Tennessee Tuberoses Company - Daves Garden Several years ago I purchased ten single flowered tuberose from Tennessee Tuberoses I received nine very tiny rhizomes Three of the rhizomes were about the size of a pea Four of the rhizomes had some kind of virus, their leaves were irregularly striped and stippled with yellow and were immediately destroyed
Agave Species, Silers Tuberose - Daves Garden Siler's Tuberose (Manfreda sileri) is also commonly known as Siler's tuberose, Siler's Tube-Rose, Silers Tu Read More It is named in honor of Major Arnold M Siler, a plant enthusiast from Corpus Christi, Texas who collected the first specimens of this species
Asclepias tuberosa, Butterfly Milkweed in the Garden - Daves Garden Asclepias tuberosa, also known as butterfly milkweed, pleurisy root or chigger weed, is a North American native perennial that gives a bright splash of color to roadsides, fallow fields and even your own garden