My efforts to develop a cabin fever bed are starting to bear fruit. The winter aconites have come and gone, but I have plenty else starting to bloom. I purchased Bulbocodium vernum from Odyssey Bulbs last year. It is colored like a colchicum and used to be called a colchicum, but is now a separate [...]
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How I Defeat Cabin Fever: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day March 2014
March 15, 2014 – Posted in: Mud Season, What's up/bloomingSnow still blanketed the lawn, despite the warmest temperatures of the calendar year thus far. As I reached down to pick up the pot of amaryllis for its photo shoot (see below), I noticed that the snow had melted down to the ground in a strip a foot wide bordering the house. And what to [...]
Tired of Houseplants!: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day December 2013
December 15, 2013 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingI have nothing blooming for Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day. Oops. I take that back. My African violet is blooming. It puts out flushes of bloom, despite the fact that I don't water it very consistently. I just happened to luck out this month. No Bloom From Thanksgiving or Christmas Cacti At least one of my [...]
Still Life: Amaryllis and Blogger
March 26, 2013 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingThe amaryllis that was in bud in mid-March is now in full, glorious bloom, and I can't remember ever growing one with such large blossoms. Just for fun, my husband had me pose with it, to give a sense of scale to the flowers. And just for fun, I thought I'd share it with you. [...]
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