“Here’s a snowdrop—for “hope”—and here’s pansy—for thought”— C. Preston-Wynne While looking through a stack of vintage postcards for images of violets and pansies, I ran across this one which also featured snowdrops, and a few other flowers. Then I found this postcard featuring a New Year's greeting and snowdrops. I'll take this as evidence that snowdrops, back in the day, were considered a flower of the holidays, including Christmas. Since they are most often found … [Read more...] about Forcing Snowdrops Like It’s 1877
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Garden Fairies Discuss Crocuses in the Fall
Garden fairies here. We are garden fairies and it has come to our attention that someone is telling people that her autumn crocuses— which were absolutely gorgeous in late October before the killing frosts came—are the result of her magical gardening powers. Um. No. We are garden fairies. They are because of our hard work and the fortunate choice Carol made in planting Crocus speciosus many years ago. Really, her part in all of this took all of about 10 minutes several years … [Read more...] about Garden Fairies Discuss Crocuses in the Fall
