This season’s Box Kit Bonanza takes us up the aisles of a quieter, more personable alternative to the big box stores. Three familiar names on the boxes and a brand we haven’t reviewed before were secured from our local Ace …
Last year’s exhausting box kit situation from my local grocer has yet to be completed. It was a roller coaster ride, and we still have to report on a few that never bloomed at all. Most were purchased after the …
Just as the amaryllis season was going full steam, and bulb purchasing seemed to be in the rear view mirror, something made Emaryllis take a second look at these kits. Passed over since at least early October at our usual …
Ahh, the final box kit of the season. This purchased at a local full service nursery a week later than the ‘Minerva‘ ‘Mambo’ kit, just as the weather was getting quite chilly. Since they were outdoors, under a shed roof …
OK, first, the stats: Cost: US $6.00 (on sale, regular price $7.99) Date purchased: October 24, 2014 Date planted: October 26, 2014 Bulb size, in circumference: measured 28.5 cm, claim on box 26-28 cm Pot size: 5″/13 cm Bulb origin: …
Well, here we go! First up, the stats on a Minerva box kit bought at a small local nursery chain: Cost: US $8.99 Date of purchase: Nov. 11, 2014 Date planted: Nov. 16, 2014 Bulb size in circumference: 25cm actual/26-28cm …
