Oh I am so envious that you were able to get them. They are on my list of things to get when I win the lottery. Right after buying the land to plant them on lol. Congrats on your purchase I hope they do well for you.

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They are growing Zones 3-8...

What zone's are both of you????

I'm with Tammy on winnin' the lottery
to buy some of those, $20~40 bucks or so
to buy one or two of those bulbs..

How much did you get yours for Njoynit???

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'Skeuze me, but Crown Imperial WHAT ?
Sorry... I'm so new at this, I haven't had my sign made yet! Still, I have a sneaking suspicion that I'm not the only 1 (out of 7,233 people) not familiar with what a Crown Imperial is!

However... there ARE a few clues: Although the Lottery is mentioned a couple of times, a "Crown Imperial" appears to be delivered by USPS, packaged up in bulbs & apparently will fit into a refrigerator, so that eliminates my 1st guess that it's a car.

Hmmm... Could maybe be fancy liquor of some kind, considering the refrigerator & paper bag clues... & the price (wow!) ...not to mention the shade, sun, & drainage factors, which seem to be matters of preference or necessity for individual "Crown Imperial" users (OH, & the need to have the bed ready, fits in there, too!)

My only alternative guess is borne from the references made to growing & planting... which brings my focus back to the Website I'm on at the moment! ...NO! DON'T TELL ME!... It's something having to do with Horticulture... "Crown Imperial" is a flower or shrub of some sort! Right? (scratch shrub... I know of no bulbs that grow shrubbery... but I could be wrong there too, which is OK, cuz I'm new!)

OK, so I suppose I could Google it to save myself the embarrassment of asking, but oh well... too late! I've already hit the ADD REPLY button!

It's been fun! Thanx! (Still dont know, though!)

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I got them at Brecks.My mom loves me and my step dad too(I wonder how jack felt about how I spent $50 off his credit card for my birthday??? )
One is a collection 1 orange 1 yellow& I got 2 collections .And got 2 red ones.SOOOO I gots 6 crown imperial bulbs .They are STILL in the box.cause is weekend....and we are hanging sheetrock in my computer dungen today(hubby left yard on tractor...I hauled computer back into dungen to check my post& how much FEMA sending me ) I think am going to plant 3 in 2 different spots...one spot is cacti bed.full sun well draining& the other along back fence where i've deteered moles by makeing castor bean stew& poring along fenceline(so my 2 lil dogs don't dig tunnels so they can bite moles faces clean off .)I trip on them holes they dig...makes me mad when i spill my drink though...
I hope to get out there Monday morning.......Do any grow taller than the other?now I need placement...drop in as triangle....6-8 inches apart(going for 8)& 8 inches deep with gravel/sand 12-14 inches.what colors go top Red? yellow?? I get the part about planting on side.

I still gotta figure the crocus out too...i can think about it while screwing up sheetrock....

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that'll keep ya around a few years

I hope they bloom THIS spring& I can keep them fertilized...I'll plant something by them that gets it too..the buddy system .

I been playing with bingo markers(well the red is actually pink...colored in with red pencil)I think Orange will go on top and red/yellow side by side.(then we have mr smarrty who says "line up stright...i'll mowem all at one time!"HA HA NOT!

walled dungen is nice!He even bought me shades...then tried saying they was to be closed at all times allwing no light for no plants.what color walls grow good plants?have they told you?I wonder how black would do?

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Hi, I'm new here too. I just planted my crown imperials. Brecks had a special coupon of $50 of free merchandise a couple months ago. It wasn't one of thos buy $25 and get $25 free....It was $50 free. I got 2 crown imperials and 15 tulip bulbs (overspent by $9). After reading all your notes, I hope my grow and bloom!

HOW AWESOME! Thanks for posting those links, Bonnie! I hadn't come across any pics that nice, of Crown Imperial! You are so LUCKY LUCKY LUCKY to have been able to get them! So, is there a reason why they can't grow in a pot? It would be such a shame to lose them to a bulb muncher! (And, I think I'd worry about them drying out if they weren't planted.) (?)

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If they grow offset I would DEFINITELY be willing to share!! Bonnie

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