OT: G. rothschildiana

Well, I have a couple of plants that deserve better treatment than they are
getting.  4 years ago I bought some tubers (8-12 - can't remember) of
gloriosa lilies.  Potted them in a couple of enormous clay pots and set a
tomato cage over them.  They bloomed and were quite spectacular.  Not many
flowers can claim to be more gaudy and exotic.  In the fall, I dug them and
put them in storage - and forgot all about them.  Well into summer I either
remembered them or stumbled across them.  Sad and all dried up, they looked
completely hopeless, so I just planted them in hard red clay that gets
scorched from the western afternoon sun.  4-5 came up, but promptly looked
worse for the wear and soon disappeared.  I forgot all about them.  Then
early last summer, two came up.  Looked pretty sad, but they struggled along
for a good while.  I couldn't believe they'd survived the winter, but it was
mild.  Now those two are back up again!  Still in the clay and getting
cooked in the afternoon.  They don't look great, but they are trying to
grow.  This means they survived the late drop to 12 degrees F and several
extended periods of subfreezing temps - without protection or mulch.  Not
really even the saving grace of being next to the house, since they are next
to an 8' concrete porch that sits on the west side of the garage.  Under the
wide overhang, so they stay really dry.  So I want to move them.  Now.  Do
any of you irisarians have any experience with these?  Advice - off-list -
to donald@eastland.net would be appreciated.  Like can I move them now?

Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA




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