Comments on: GROW A VELTHEIMIA – AND A BEST BULB GIVEAWAY EVER!

By: Di

Di — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 14:10:52 +0000

Thank you for the info on Veltheimia, I love them and have 3 pink bracteata, did have more but someone helped themselves. They make a lovely display in the pot and are now growing and coming into bud, I might try to propagate by the leaves.

By: Unknown

Unknown — Sun, 15 May 2016 06:52:38 +0000

such a lovely looking plant ive got a few tiny seed raised commen pink one doing well in my sunny window but will be a few years befor i ever see a flower but such a nice plant to grow. I would love a yellow one such a wonderfully little gem 🙂
best wishes
Steve

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:32:40 +0000

Hi Mat. Tersia here, from Pretoria, South Africa. Thanks for a super blog. You are pushing me to make time in my life for gardening again…
My mom gave me one Weltheimia plant (pinkish flowers) many years ago. I eventually planted out the two bulbs it had become in a spot against a south slope (cooler in southern hemisphere) … also many years ago. The plants have been buried under leaf mulch for some time. Early this morning my guilt feelings made me find them, and dig them out. Amazingly I found 12 bulbs — despite gross neglect on my part. Nature still reigns. To honour my my mom (who was a passionate life-long gardener), I will lovingly transfer these bulbs to pots, and give them some attention over the next few months. I will use a lot of the lovely mulchy compost they have been used to for so long. Not too much pampering though, as they seem to do ok with nature (i.e. I won't become a 'helicopter gardener' … hovering all the time, hehe). If they obligingly flower in July (our winter), I will post you some pics. I am planning to plant out loads in our wild garden once I have enough bulbs. This is my 2 to 3-year plan.
Aside: One of my prime interests is the medicinal/practical use of plants. I read that the flowers of Weltheimia may be eaten, like spinach. I doubt whether many of your readers are going to start chomping on their W. flowers in winter. You would need a lot of plants to feed a family!
T

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 01 Sep 2014 13:53:29 +0000

mat ,I have 1 pink one . I live in sa . aust . it bloomed beautiful . now the bloom is wilted & I do not know what to do with it now . now it has 1 green petal mid way . I would love to know how to go on now I do n't water it , but am afraid it will dry out . it lives in front of a window that gets morning sun. spring is here now please help me .thank you ……myra

By: Unknown

Unknown — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 03:12:34 +0000

What a generous offer! I already have this charming bulb, as well as dark and light pink selections. Velheimia capensis grows outside in the shelter of the eaves in my garden, too. I would liove to add V. 'Rose Alba' to the mix!

By: chris

chris — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 11:08:54 +0000

If the draw is still open, please enter me.

By: karch0226

karch0226 — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 23:27:22 +0000

You could grow crab grass and I would be envious!

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 21:33:17 +0000

This is beautiful and that rose alba is gorgeous!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 04:35:56 +0000

In reply to Anonymous. Hey Matt, I don't have your email address (unless I am missing the obvious). My email is in the above post. And no, I am a homeowner now, in Providence's ugly sister Cranston. But we have a beautiful home, in a historic district, on about 2/3's an acre. It's all very good.

By: Brandon Cornejo

Brandon Cornejo — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:34:00 +0000

When I was younger, I was so let down that tulips and daffodils failed to rebloom in my Southern California garden. But then when my knowledge of plants expanded, I found bulbs like these to be even more worthwhile, year after year.