Some of these six are early. Some are late. Some merely seem to be one or the other, but are actually right on schedule. Only the banana pup, which is the only of these six that is not blooming, was influenced intentionally.
1. Hymenocallis latifolia, Peruvian daffodil is actually right on schedule. I expected it to remain dormant through summer to bloom for autumn, after naked lady. It may still do so if it foliates first. Otherwise, it should naturally bloom for summer. These are my first.
2. Musa acuminata ‘Cavendish’ banana was divided earlier and allowed to grow for two months, but then lopped and sent by mail. It must now grow new foliage before autumn. It is actually less likely to rot with this technique. I am quite pleased to have procured it.
3. Hedychium gardnerianum, kahili ginger surprised me with what initially seemed like early floral trusses. However, they have since grown so slowly that they might bloom for later summer or autumn, which is when I previously thought that they normally bloom.
4. Gladiolus hybridus, gladiola has been unexpectedly reliably perennial, and is actually slowly multiplying. A sport of an orange and yellow variety now blooms yellow. Another blooms red. This one seems to be trying to extend its bloom season by blooming so late.
5. Amaryllis belladonna, naked lady is doing the opposite. It should not bloom for about another month. This bulb might be blooming early as a result of distress associated with crowded confinement with too many other bulbs within a big pot. It is pretty regardless.
6. Bougainvillea, which lacks a common name that is actually common, could have been blooming since the weather began warming at the end of last winter. It recovered slowly from minor frost damage, though. It still seems to be rather lean, but at least it is trying.
This is the link for Six on Saturday, for anyone else who would like to participate: https://thepropagatorblog.wordpress.com/2017/09/18/six-on-saturday-a-participant-guide/
Tony Tomeo 
Very nice six, will you get edible bananas from the Cavandish? Love Peruvian daff, one I might try here again, I’ve failed in the past. As they say in my favourite film “Never give up, never surrender” 😀
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‘Cavendish’ has potential to produce bananas, but only if it schedules its bloom for early spring. Like most bananas, it does not know what seasons are. It is just as likely to bloom in late summer or autumn as late winter. If it blooms in late winter, fruit can develop before the weather gets too cool for it to finish. If it blooms in late summer, it does not get enough time to finish prior to autumn. Fruit that remains in autumn does nothing during cool weather through winter, so eventually rots.
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You always remind me of home! I have relatives in Los Gatos, and I so miss the bougainvillea. We lived in a house that was typical white stucco, red tile roof, wrought iron railings and bougainvillea rowing up the side of the house and twining around the balcony railings. So lovely!
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Bougainvillea became rare after the major frost of 1990, but is almost as popular now as it had been. ‘Barbara Karst’ is still the most popular cultivar. The other colors remind me more of Southern California than Los Gatos.
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I want to see the ginger flowers!
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So do I! Hedychium greenii, which I ‘accidentally’ deprived Brent’s garden of, is also beginning to bloom. Hedychium coronarium has grown like a weed for the past two years, but is not yet blooming. There are about seven gingers here now, and all but one arrived only in the past two years.
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Several unusual, for me, plants here this week. I had several Hymenocallis bulbs for years – bringing them in for the winter (when dormant), setting them out again in pots in the spring. The flowers are quite spectacular eh?
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Were they dug for the winter, or left in their pots as they were moved inside and then back out? Now that they are in the ground, I would be hesitant to dig these until they get crowded enough to need division. Naked lady grow like weeds, but do not like to be dug. They survive relocation with no problem, but are unlikely to bloom for their first year or perhaps two in their new location.
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I’d plant them in pots in the spring, but then tip them out and store just the bulbs overwinter. Would have been easier to leave them in their pots eh? I do that now with Eucomis.
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I do not know because I do not do so. I think that I would grow less of what I grow if I needed to do what people in other climates need to do.
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Yup….there comes a point when it’s too much work…
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