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Daphne mezereum alba

April 14, 2008

Obsessive about obconica

March 9, 2008

New Cultivars of Primula obconica such as Embrace™ , a hybrid {. obconica distributed by S & G Flowers and Sygenta Horticultural Services, a…

The lost Camellias of New England

March 12, 2007

A peppermint colored rose form Camellias may be iconographic to the south, and grown in southern California, but they also have a rich heritage…

Peak Nerine sarniensis bloom

November 5, 2006

A selection of Nerine sarniensis crosses, most from the United Kingdom’s National Collection, kept by Ken Hall at Springbank Nursery on the Isle of…

Clerodendron bungeii

September 5, 2006

Clerodendron bungei Fast growing tropical plants with magnificent late summer displays like this Clerodendron bungei, were at one time, only found only in botanic…

Madagascar Summer

August 16, 2006

Uncarina grandidieri has 3″ wide flowers Caudex or Caudiciform plants are perhaps the strangest plants which are collected by enthusiasts. What often look like…

Scadoxus multiflorus ssp. Katherinae

July 24, 2006

This Scadoxus was once known as Haemanthus Once classified by taxonomists as Haemanthus katernae, the re-classified Scadoxus multiflorus subspecies Katherinae is more commonly known…

Ornithogalum convallarioides

July 17, 2006

This small bulbous Ornithogalum species is native to Madagascar Of all of the Ornithogalum species which I grow, this precious tiny specimen has been…

Lachenalia aloides var. vanzyliae

March 31, 2006

Cape Hyacinth’s are rare enough, but the teal colored Lachenalia aloides var. vanzyliae is perhaps the most choice form, for collectors. Lachenalia aloides are…

Amorphophallus Bulb

March 30, 2006

My largest Amorphophallus konjac bulb, is really getting big! Any gardener who has grown to become a plant enthusiast can remember, as a child…

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