For the joy of that first moment when I stepped out the back door and saw all the crocuses blooming in the lawn, it was worth it. It was worth spending hours planting all those crocus bulbs last …
Searching for spring blooms does not help your posture
The snowdrop bloomed when I wasn't looking. If one could bring forth blooms in the garden by simply staring at the poor little plants until the flowers burst forth, I would be living in a floral …
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The Tale of the Amaryllis and Other Bulbs to Force in the Wintertime
Miniature Amaryllis My amaryllis bulbs, including the miniature amaryllis bulbs, are all up and in various stages of bud and bloom. The miniature amaryllis is pretty but isn't the variety I …
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Forcing Blooms in Winter
Forcing blooms in winter. I think each year I won't bother with amaryllis and other flowers forced into winter bloom. After all, I've grown them in the past, I know what they look like, so why …
Miniature Amaryllis
Amaryllis bulb, just planted. You know how amaryllis can get really tall and floppy and sometimes requiring elaborate staking to keep them from toppling over, no matter how heavy their pot is? And …
A hole in my garden – autumn-flowering snowdrops
Spring flowering snowdrops. Yesterday, I found out there are autumn-flowering snowdrops. Autumn-flowering. As in blooming in October. And now I want some. I never knew they …
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