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Greenhouse Therapy

January 9, 2017

A store-bought hyacinth repotted into one of my home-made clay pots, helps boost my spirits. My bulbs won’t be ready to force for a…

The Lost Art of Growing Tuberous Begonias

August 5, 2016

First, the dahlia has made a comeback, second – maybe the gladiolus, third, or at least on deck should be the tuberous begonia –…

IT’S SPRING, AT LEAST UNDER GLASS

March 23, 2014

Although winter prevails outdoors, under glass, there seems to be no holding back spring. This Primula x Kewensis selection is a very nice one…

Last (and Rarest) of the Winter Greenhouse Bulbs

April 17, 2012

A BROWN HYACINTH? NOT QUITE, BUT ABOUT AS CLOSE A PAN IN THE ALPINE HOUSE DISPLAYS A SINGLE BULB OF THE RARITY FROM THE…

A brown Hyacinth? Meet Dipcadi serotinum

May 4, 2011

DIPCADI SEROTINUM I love plants that I have never seen before, and I assume that this might be a new genus for many of…

Wild Narcissus triandrus or Angel’s Tears

April 14, 2011

Narcissus triandrus ssp. triandrus ‘alba’ , a challenging wild form of Narcissus, as shown in a book by Alex Gray, MINIATURE DAFFODILS. I’ve tried,…

Daily Awesome – Gladiolus virescens

April 5, 2011

Gladiolus virescens These transitional months, those between the grand season of summer and winter, or summer and winter, mainly, spring and autumn, are times…

BULBOUS OXALIS OF THE WESTERN CAPE, UNDER GLASS

January 17, 2011

A TINY BIT OF THE WESTERN CAPE, BLOOMS UNDER GLASS IN JANUARY As the snow falls outside, under the protection of glass, tiny bulbous…

In Bloom Today – Scadoxus multiflorus, the Blood Lily

July 28, 2010

I thought I had lost it, my large pot of Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. kathernae which I’ve kept in an increasingly larger pot, every year…

Lesser winter bulbs

February 22, 2008

Asphodelus acaulis This small, winter blooming bulb is the perfect candidate for a potted alpine bulb collection for an alpine house, or a plunge…