Tag: Plant Collections

Gladiolus splendens, is a tall, red-blooming species that looks nothing like the hybrid summer-blooming forms most people are familiar with. Late February and Early…

In this month, when it seems we are forced to endure the dreary (thy grumpy Ground Hog, a dead President or two, dirty snow,…

MANY CITRUS MAKE EXCELLENT WINDOWSILL PLANTS, IN MY GREENHOUSE, I KEEP ABOUT TEN TYPES, HERE ARE A FEW. As a teenager, I was a…

Cyclamen species, (the ‘wild’ cyclamen or Europe and the Mediterranean)  all have beautifully patterned winter foliage Here are twelve different leaf forms found in…

THE EARLIEST CAMELLIAS TO BLOOM IN THE AUTUMN ARE THE SASANQUA TYPE, THE GROUP WHICH INCLUDES GREEN TEA. THIS PINK SINGLE SASANQUA IS A…

NOW THAT THE HURRICANE IS OVER, HOW APPROPRIATE THAT THIS TROPAEOLIUM NOW BLOOMS – A FLAMING PHOENIX RISING, WITH ITS BRILLIANT YET SMALL SOUTH…

NEW SIBERIAN IRIS CULTIVARS SUCH AS THIS ONE NAMED ‘HERE BE DRAGONS’  HAVE EXTRAORDINARY COLORS LIKE THESE MUSTARD GOLD AND GREY TONES. Of all…

Mixed Cliva, most from seed that we collected in Japan from Mr. Nakamura in 2004,  are now starting to bloom in the greenhouse.  Above,…