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Resurrection lilies, are yours the pink ones or the pink-lavender-sky-blue-tipped ones? I planted the latter, the leaves come up every spring, but I never get the flowers. I am one zone too far north for them for one thing. If I mulched them more heavily and faithfully watered what's left, they might actually do their thing.

I first spotted 3 plants of them growing in a field that ultimately got bulldozed for a development, bye bye beautiful lilies. They don't transplant well and can only be grown by bulb, tremendously difficult to get seeds from them, have to cross with a similar plant with little success. I have no idea how on earth those three beautiful flowers got growing in that field. Diploid and sterile come to mine, I had to ask on a group about them.

They're not really lilies but a member of the amaryllis family. They sure look like lilies. Google for it, also called naked ladies and painted ladies.

I've had many gardening disappointments like that so have let nature have her way and grow what doesn't need to be watered. We need rain badly. I went out with a shovel last night to dig up some bad dandelions I've let go, ground is hard as a rock, trees are fighting with my plants for moisture.

I want to grow veggies and herbs next year, think I'll try to get some herbs going under my lights or they grow well in the sunroom IF I remember to water them.

I found a neat recipe that calls for rosemary but I don't know where to get seeds for it, found the rest I like. I think I could grow salad greens under my lights for winter, too, but not tomatoes.

I rigged up a bank of gro lights myself with pvc pipe, have two double sets of fluorescent lights on a timer.

Appreciate the ping and next week will try to follow all the posts. I always want to grow exotic things and am excited about some seeds for corn that has beautiful colored kernels that look like glass, am looking forward to that, am on a waiting list.

Resurrection lilies, are yours the pink ones or the pink-lavender-sky-blue-tipped ones? I planted the latter, the leaves come up every spring, but I never get the flowers. I am one zone too far north for them for one thing. If I mulched them more heavily and faithfully watered what's left, they might actually do their thing.

I am in SW Ohio, and these flowers flourish here. They have multiplied without any special care. A few years ago I dug up many dozens of them and replanted them, and after one year of no flowers, they are now coming back stronger every season.

Mine are the pink ones (although now you have me very interested in the pink/lavender/sky blue tipped ones.. very exotic sounding). My Mom had some when I was little and we sort of got use to calling them “Fairy lilies”. I guess that they seem to just pop up overnight, no leaves or anything.. almost magically. My Mom use to tell us when we were really little that the fairies planted them when they thought we needed a bit of color. For some strange reason, I still never see them grow. One morning, they are suddenly there.. so I guess some of the magic still remains.

Sorry to hear about how much you need rain. I feel so sorry for people who work so hard on a garden or some plants/bushes.. only to see it dry up and disappear. I think your next year’s plan on vegetables and herbs is a fantastic one. (((hugs))) Mom