2010 April 10: The plant on the west side of the house has one flower.
2009 April 10: The plant on the west side of the house is up and showing its flower bud.
2008 April 16: I cleared away the old ribbon grass and found a plant about to flower, but its 2 buds are very small. May 24: One is flowering in the front bed.
2007 April 1: Two plants have been revealed on the west side of the house. May 1: The blossom is beginning to fade on the one plant on the east side. May 27: There are some nice flowers in the front bed. I planted 6 bulbs that I forced indoors this winter in the bed on the east side of the house.
2006 February 23: I started the bulbs a few weeks ago in soil and have kept them in the basement closet.
Today I brought the largest one up.
The flower bud is not yet visible but I think it is up and hidden behind the leaves. March 27: The last potted bulb is in full flower.
Outside one plant is visible, well out of the soil on the east side of the house. April 12: One plant of the west side is in blossom. 26: 3 plants are flowering on the east side.
2005 March 29: The melting snow has revealed one well up, on the east side of the house. April 19: One is beginning to flower on the east side. May 28: There were a few nice flowers.
Now there are leaves of a good size in their spots. September 19: I bought 13 bulbs from Walmart for $8.94.
Some are for the new front bed and some are for forcing indoors.
2004 March 24: Leaves from 1 plant on the west side of the house are now visible.
28: 4 plants on the east side broke through today.
April 20: One plant on the west side is flowering.
May 16: Several plants on the east side are still perfuming the air,
although a recent heavy snowfall has laid the blossoms prostrate.
2003 April 9: Coming up on the west side of the house.
11: And one plant on the east side.
19: 1 flower.
September 1: There was a nice display of blossoms in the spring,
in several colours.
2002 February 23: In one pot I have one pink flower and a very short other
plant. In another pot I have one very tall plant and one short plant,
brought today out of the dark. Still in the closet is a plant with 1
or 2 sprouts, and 2 pots with no sign of growth. I also bought one pot of
3 bulbs from the R. B. Russell School plant sale Wednesday.
April 30: Some plants are coming up in the east bed.
May 28: Two pink flowers are done, and one blue one remains.
September 5: I planted all the bulbs left over from forcing,
3 among the mint and about 5 on the west side of the house.
2001 September: I bought 8 bulbs of Jan Bos (red) and 8 bulbs of Blue Jacket from Home Depot, and 6 in mixed colours from Canadian Tire, 75 cents each.
October 1: I potted 16 bulbs in assorted media, for forcing. I watered them lightly.
October 3: I put the pots in the garden shed, and planted the remaining 6 bulbs on the east side of the house, in the south end of the mint bed.
November 22: I brought one pot inside, and put it in the basement closet.
December 1: I brought another pot inside, and put it in the basement closet. No sign of growth on the first pot.
December 20: I brought the 5th pot inside, and put it in the basement closet. There are sprouts showing in 2 other pots.