Crocuses. I bet you think you know all about them, but I have some crocuses you've never heard of. And do you grow them in the lawn? Yes, squirrels eat them for some people, but not me. They are too busy eating the bird seed I put out for the birds. This is the third in my series about planting the earliest blooming bulbs where the snow melts first. Click over and read it!
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Spring Flowers Grow Under the Snow–Really!
April 7, 2015 – Posted in: Mud Season, Uncategorized, What's up/bloomingThe calendar says it's spring, but you're still looking out on a vast expanse of snow: You look at it and think, "Before any flowers will bloom, first that stuff has to melt, then the soil has to thaw, then the leaves will emerge, and then--finally!--I'll have flowers. Not so, dear gardener. Not so. The [...]
How to Have the First Bloom on Your Block: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day March 2015
March 15, 2015 – Posted in: Design, Mud Season, The Earliest Flowers, What's up/bloomingIt is more important to have the first bloom on your block than the first tomato. The first outdoor bloom is a potent morale booster, signifying that the back of winter has been broken. However, to have the very first flower blooming in your neighborhood is not a matter left to chance. You must employ [...]
Mud Season Mind Games: Dear Friend and Gardener
April 7, 2014 – Posted in: Mud Season, Plant infoDear Friend and Gardener, I have learned through my online friendships with many garden bloggers that spring comes late to my part of the world. Friends around the country (and the world) speak of snowdrops blooming when mine are buried under snow, and show off their daffodils while I am waiting for my first crocuses [...]
Crocuses in the Lawn: Planting
January 5, 2013 – Posted in: Hardscaping and Projects, How-to, New House, New GardensIs This A Good Place to Plant Bulbs? In my previous post on crocuses in the lawn, I explained why I chose the site I did. It had southern exposure, so the snow melted early there, and was near enough to the driveway so that anyone arriving would be sure to see them. So this [...]
Crocuses in the Lawn: Planning
December 13, 2012 – Posted in: How-to, New House, New GardensCrocuses in the lawn were not originally in my garden plans for this year. I knew I wanted to dig a lot of daffodils from my old garden and I would be replanting them in the fall. I suspected I would not have time to plant all those daffs and crocuses besides. (My suspicions were [...]
Fall-Blooming Crocus: Garden Bloggers’ Bloom Day November 2012
November 15, 2012 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingI am always looking for ways to extend the bloom season later into the fall and earlier into the spring. I had planted some Crocus speciosus at my old garden intermingled with some colchicum, thinking they would bloom together. Wrong! The crocus bloomed later. I took advantage of that fact here at the new house, [...]
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 [...]
Where to plant bulbs? Following my own advice
March 2, 2012 – Posted in: Design, Mud Season, The Earliest FlowersA couple of years ago, I told you to choose your fall-planted bulb locations now, when the snow is just beginning to melt. Of course, it helps to have snow. We finally got some, and I thought you'd like to know I'm following my own advice. I went around the yard, camera in hand, taking [...]
Firefly: Second earliest blooming crocus
February 24, 2012 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingI had another opportunity to visit my old garden, and was surprised and pleased to find a different crocus blooming in a new spot. I am pretty sure I received the original corms of Crocus sieberi atticus 'Firefly' as a bonus gift included with a bulb order. It is not an uncommon crocus. Once again, [...]
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