The new kids on the block

The new kids on the block

Taking a cue from the favourable rainy season, and more of a luck, I introduced a few new kids on my gardening block. I was thinking to bring about these kids in the family for quite some time, just that, either I didn't find time to get them, or didn't find the luck to find these. A few weeks earlier, during my visit to an armed forces canteen with my father, I went to the nearby attached plants nursery which goes by the name of the armed forces shopping complex I went to. And, I just asked the owner of the nursery about these - "The Lillies". I wanted to have some lillies for quite some time. I just asked him whether he has any bulbs, and to my luck, I got an affirmative answer. He sent his helper to check whether they still had any lily bulbs, and if there were any, to fetch the container that had the bulbs. He went on and came back after a few moments, with a small earthen pot, which had a few lily bulbs that were soaked in water. I was happy to find the much awaited lily bulbs, and suddenly, it struck me to ask the nursery owner about the variety of the bulbs. I asked him, and he said, this is the Amaryllis Lily. I wanted to have the other species too, the Asiatic, Oriental and Tiger lily, but was told that all these bulbs would be available somewhere near november.

So, I grabbed what I got, selected four of the healthiest bulbs, and came back home with them. I removed the now rotting upper layers, which had a few larvae, removed all these rotten layers, and put up the lilly bulbs in a pot. A few days passed by, and some new leaves peeked out of all four bulbs. After a few more days, one of them died, and I'm now left with only three.

So, I'm waiting for these lily bulbs to grow and bloom, maybe, next summers. Till, then, I'll try getting other variety of lillies in my gardening space to accompany these. For now, I'm having one spider lily plant, and these Amaryllis lily plants.

The lily bulbs put up in soil to keep them alive till, I transplant them in a pot of their own.

The bulbs finally transplanted to the pot. Only three survived.

            I’ll be back with some more things for you. Right now, one of my beans is bearing fruits. I’ll show you what I’ve got from this bean stalk in the next post. Till then, keep visiting and HAPPY GARDENING!