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Salpiglossis Techniques and Trials

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A Comprehensive review of all the wrong ways to grow Salpiglossis found on the Internet.

Snakes Head Iris

April 2, 2006

The Snakes Head Iris, or Widow’s Iris (Hermodactylus tuberosus), is an easy, but less familiar bulb plant native to the former Yugoslavia and Greece….

Lachenalia aloides var. vanzyliae

March 31, 2006

Cape Hyacinth’s are rare enough, but the teal colored Lachenalia aloides var. vanzyliae is perhaps the most choice form, for collectors. Lachenalia aloides are…

Amorphophallus Bulb

March 30, 2006

My largest Amorphophallus konjac bulb, is really getting big! Any gardener who has grown to become a plant enthusiast can remember, as a child…

Pleione Orchids

March 28, 2006

Pleione orchids are a precious small orchid from western China that grow from bulbs, like a paperwhite. They are challenging to find, but are…

Erythronium, Fawn lilies and Dogs Teeth

March 28, 2006

After admiring postings of Ian Youngs’pots of Dog’s Tooth violet’s, or Erythronium on the Scottish Rock Garden Society’s (SRGS)bulb log for three years, and,…

Crocus and Ruksans

March 27, 2006

The Eranthis hiemalis, or Winter Aconite are blooming between the tightly poised rocks in the new crevice garden, as are some new crocus purchased…

Sunbird Nirvana

March 24, 2006

Cape bulbs in my greenhouse this week – where are the sunbirds? If I was a sunbird, I could be darting between the late…

March Alpine House

March 20, 2006

e In the Alpine House, a number of the last bulbocodium type Narcissus are blooming (above). Narcissus tenuifolius, with foliage low to the ground,…

Clivia Giant Yellow X

March 19, 2006

OMG! – When this monster bloomed this week, it made that trip to Japan (to hand-pick seed from Mr. Nakamura’s collection) worth the pain…

Clivia ‘Flame’ x C. gardenii

March 19, 2006

Why is it that every Clivia that blooms for the first time instantly becomes my current favorite. The flowers on this cross are smaller…