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Tag: Plant Collections

Bulbous South Afrifan Oxalis

October 23, 2006

A sandbed filled with blooming Oxalils species The bloom season is peaking for the bulbous Oxalis, and both the species from South Africa and…

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Old School Daffs:The Miniature Winter-Blooming Narcissus

August 24, 2006

August is the time to plant these tiny precious and rarely seen Narcissus species. I grow many of the bulbocodium types of Hoop Daffodils…

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Zephyranthes- Rain Lilies

August 19, 2006

Zephyranthes ‘Labuffarosa’ I never intended on collecting Zephyranthes, to be honest, one comes across them in many specialty bulb catalogs, and even sometimes in…

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Vireyas: Tropical Rhododendrons

June 25, 2006

Rhododendron “Valentine” I think that is it amazing that even though one may be growing and collecting plants for many years, that one can…

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Shake Your Rebutia

June 9, 2006

The Bolivian cactus Rebutia pulchella What’s wrong with people? Why don’t other people grow these? Ther are SO many genus and species of various…

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A Plethora of Auricula

May 21, 2006

Primula auricula are spring blooming primroses that are hardly ever seen at garden centers or in mail order catalogs. Over the years, I have…

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Acquiring a Primrose Collection

May 15, 2006

Our Friends garden before we started digging primula The Car Full of Primroses We spent the weekend helping a friend, well, actually, it was…

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Africa’s Rarest Pelargoniums

May 1, 2006

Pelargonium incrassatum The genus Pelargonium is largely South African, with more that 80 percent of the 270 species found on the continent. Without going…

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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…

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