Archive for October, 2009

Colchicums: In person and in scans

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Colchicums are fast becoming one of my favorite flower bulbs. Like most bulbs, they push up their foliage in spring and then die back. But they hold off on flowering until fall — just when the garden could use a little jolt of color.
The variety below, ‘Waterlily’ isn’t typical featuring extra petals.

Here’s a [...]

Web roundup - St. Basil’s bulb mosaic

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

St. Basil’s in bulbs - His Excellency Mr K.G. Gevorgian, Russian ambassador to the Netherlands, joined forces with staff at Keukenhof, the historic Dutch flower bulb park, to add the final touches to a flower bulb mosaic. The mosaic (21 by 12 m, 65,000 flower bulbs) presents an impression of the towers of St. Basil’s [...]

Bulb ‘naturalizing’ tips (videos and articles)

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

Sally Ferguson provides tips for choosing and planting ‘naturalizing bulbs’ — “… those that accommodate themselves fully to their new sites, feeling so at home that they multiply naturally, on their own, increasing in numbers year after year.” Read the article: Say “Hello Old Friend” to Naturalized
Spring Bloomers, Year after Year.
On The Bulb [...]