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Tag: Greenhouse Culture

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…

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Antique Fragrance Under Glass

February 3, 2013

It smells like 1810. A short-lived shrub, the tender Daphne odora is worth it’s space in the cold greenhouse. It’s a shrub that has…

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The Rarest of Rare – Hello ‘Blue Chilean Crocus’

January 22, 2012

Tecophilaea cyanocrocus ssp leictlinii, a true-blue flower that comes from a tiny corm. Nearly extinct ( or extinct in the wild) this is a…

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A Sunny Winter Day in the Greenhouse

January 3, 2012

WITH OUTSIDE TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO FINALLY DROP TO BELOW 10 DEG. F, A BRONZE COLORED CYMBIDIUM ORCHID ENJOYS A SUNBEAM ON A JANUARY SUNNY…

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Tiny Autumnal Treasures

November 14, 2011

THIS TINY FALL-BLOOMING NARCISSUS SEROTINUS WHICH GROWS IN THE WILD FROM ISRAEL TO ITALY, IS NO LARGER THAN A THUMB. THE FRAGRANT NARCISSUS SEROTINUS….

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My Own Little Wisley

November 6, 2011

A SAND PLUNGE BED, SET AS A DISPLAY BED WITH SEASONAL AUTUMN BULBS AND ALPINES When I built my greenhouse ten years ago, I…

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My Own, Private, Spring Flower Show

February 28, 2011

It’s a little self indulgent, ( um….a little?), but I just can’t help myself. I mean, how could I not post these images that…

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Birthdayweek Amaryllis

January 22, 2009

Amaryllis ‘Sweet Lillian’ January is becoming busy. I’ve been trying to catch up with posting, since last week was my birthday ( 50!), and…

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Getting Buff for the New Year

January 11, 2009

Cymbidium ‘Massachusetts Sunset’ Color is a curious thing. It can be so universally beautiful, collectively agreed upon shades of tints and tones which everyone…

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November Cheer in the Greenhouse

November 25, 2008

A view of the greenhouse on an unseasonably cold November day. As temperatures hovered near 18 deg. F, ice forming on the glass and…

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