We have come suddenly to those early spring days when I need more than ten fingers to count the crocuses in bloom, but it is too cold to take off my shoes to further aid my efforts to keep track of …
Crocuses Bring Questions
The garden is beginning to stir a bit after several days of well above average temperatures. Here and there, the tips of leaves are beginning to break through the surface. The ground is squishy, …
Knight’s Star Lily Cultivation According to Dreer’s Hints on the Growing of Bulbs
Hippeastrum 'Ambiance' Quickly now, do you know another common name for Amaryllis also known as Hippeastrum? Did you just answer Knight's Star Lily? Correct! How did you know that? I didn't know …
I love to plant the little bulbs…
I love to plant the little bulbs, especially now that I’ve realized how useful my rockery trowel is for planting them. I plunge the trowel into the ground, push it forward a bit and then as I pull it …
Three Acronyms To Help You With Bulb Planting
It’s late August and our thoughts turn to buying bulbs to plant this fall for spring flowers next year. With the garden design in progress, an overall busy summer, and a garden so dry that it seems …
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When A Flower Blooms That You Just Don’t Like
Out in the garden, the quamash is starting to bloom. This particular one is Camassia leichtlinii coerulea 'Blue Sky'. I planted bulbs for it last fall after seeing quamash in bloom the previous …
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