Hardy plants for hardy souls
These colchicums were growing here when we moved in, and have multiplied freely. They are very adaptable, as you might expect from a bulb that has been in cultivation for over 300 years. The botanist who named them got his from two Viennese ladies who got them from someone in Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine empire. They are almost always my earliest blooming colchicum.
In the end, this may be the most important thing about frost: Frost slows us down. In spring, it tempers our eagerness. In fall, it brings closure and rest. In our gotta-go world–where every nanosecond seems to count–slowness can be a great gift. So rather than see Jack Frost as an adversary, you could choose to greet him as a friend.
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Yes, Kerri, we gather elderberries and make elderberry-apple pie with them.
Love those colchicums Kathy! They look very pretty peeking through the grass and the sedum. How nice to see them in Carol’s garden too 🙂 I just planted caryopteris Blue Beard, a passalong from our son and wife. Theirs produces seedlings readily and thrives in Rochester.
Oh my, that grape pie looked wonderful. I’ll bet it didn’t last long! We have quite a few concords this year. Jelly making time! I also make elderberry/apple. It’s delicious. Do you gather elderberries?