Tired of forcing the same bulbs every winter? Let me introduce you to the Madeiran squill. Click to learn more:
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Springtide: Lilactree Farm Garden Notes, No. 3, 2014
May 6, 2014 – Posted in: Lilactree Farm, What's up/blooming…a large number of people over a certain age would insist that spring no longer exists… E. A. Bowles, My Garden in Spring(1914) This week (April 26-May1) has been perfect gardeners’ weather. Cool enough to hold in flower the earliest bulbs, warm enough to encourage new growth. Snowdrops linger throughout the South Jungle and in [...]
Snowdrops and Winter Aconites and More: Garden Bloggers Bloom Day March 2012
March 15, 2012 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingThere is nothing blooming at my new (to me) garden. That lack will have to be rectified. But my daughter Cadence was going right by the old place yesterday, and I asked her to take pictures. So I can tell you that the winter aconites (Eranthis spp.) are now blooming. I was there less than [...]
Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day April 2009
April 15, 2009 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingLooking over last year's April Bloom Day post, I see the same things blooming at pretty much the same time. The smaller-and-earlier species crocus are on the wane, but the later-and-larger Dutch crocus are definitely making a color statement. I'm thinking about getting more of these and extending the crocus bank further towards the road [...]
Small Gifts: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day April 2008
April 15, 2008 – Posted in: MiscellaneousThe Crocus Bank is looking glorious (click any photo to enlarge it): But I was pleasantly surprised to see this wee thing:
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