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Tag: Plant Collections

Sax in the City part 2

March 29, 2011

Saxifrages, the high alpine encrusted ones found on the worlds highest mountain peaks are addictive, and I love to grow many that are planted…

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Spring Alpine House Bulbs

March 25, 2011

Bellevalia speciosa? Hardly. Sometime when one orders unusual or rare bulbs from a supplier, things become mixed up, and that it what I beleive…

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My Camellia Collection Blooms

February 28, 2011

If Valentines became flowers, they would be Camellias. As February draws to a close, so does the Camellia season. Even here in New England,…

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Lachenalia: A New Classic and an Heirloom Classic Species

February 28, 2011

Lachenalia ‘Romaud’, one of the easiest new bulbs to ‘force’ into bloom on your windowsill. Still rather new to culture, these hybrids are fool-proof…

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Species Gladiolus!

February 12, 2011

Gladiolus maculatus ssp. maculatus – known to South African youth as ‘Aandblom’, it’s common name is also  the ‘Small or Sweet Brown Afrikaner’.  It…

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Tequilla! Collecting Agave

August 2, 2010

The Agave collection grows, since I try to add a couple new varieties or species each year. There are so many forms available, that…

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Pelargonium crazy

June 11, 2010

Pelargonium gibbosum, an evening fragrant species of Pelargonium (Geranium) from South Africa seems virtually boring when compared to other species and other hybids which…

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Mastering Regal Geraniums

January 25, 2010

A shot of some Pelargoniums from the front sand bed in the greenhouse from last May. These we’re still young, but now the plants…

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Cyclamania

September 25, 2008

Tis the season for Cyclamen, and I don’t mean those blousy, cabbagy, foil wrapped florist Clyclamen available at your local supermarket, although, they have…

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Summer display

July 31, 2008

I inherited these stairs that my friend had designed for her dog, so he could jump up onto the radiators to look out of…

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