Category Archives: Bulbs

Tulip Report/Queen of the Night

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Denise

Sounds less zombie-ish in French: Reine de la Nuit Amazingly long stems, over 2 feet, planted in a shallow bowl. With ‘Double Beauty of Apeldoorn’ This will most likely be my final tulip report. A couple pots of bulbs had … Continue reading →

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Tulip ‘Double Beauty of Apeldoorn’

Posted on March 8, 2011 by Denise

This is some of what I’ll be spending my tulip money on next year.

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Tulip Porn

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Denise

Tulip ‘Brown Sugar’ It would push me over the edge to have to write catalogue descriptions for tulips. A groundwork of deep apricot etched in grenadine feathering reaching just shy of the margins, emanating from a central upward brush stroke … Continue reading →

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Tulips Can Be Had Cheap

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Denise

It takes a flower of infinite grace to withstand being turned into a potted ubiquity at every neighborhood nursery, grocery store, and florist shop, which is where I’m bumping into tulips this month. Growing them for myself is an intensely … Continue reading →

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Veltheimia bracteata

Posted on November 23, 2010 by Denise

Yes, Joseph, this one will be a slow grower, so settle in. My system for summer-dormant bulbs is fairly lackadaisical, as in if I’m lucky I just might trip over the pot tucked in an out-of-the-way spot and notice the … Continue reading →

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Nerinomania

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Denise

I went on a treasure hunt for a half-forgotten bulb in the front gravel garden in early fall, Crinum ‘Sangria.’ I was certain it was in there somewhere. That’s when I noticed the new green tips of the nerines piercing … Continue reading →

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The Third Harmonic

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Denise

It’s that time when the garden vibrates to the frequency of Alstroemeria ‘The Third Harmonic.’ The flowering stalks, when upright, graze my chin, and I’m 5’8.” This is a two-year-old clump, and it’s a good 5 feet across already. These … Continue reading →

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From Ants to Squills

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Denise

This fantastic architecture must have an equally fantastic pollinator, yes? The Giant Fork-Tongued Moth maybe? Well, let’s leave out mythical insects. What’s left would be the usual garden-variety pollinators, and possibly just ants. Just ants? Don’t let E. O. Wilson … Continue reading →

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And So It Begins Again

Posted on March 15, 2010 by Denise

Yes, phrases do bubble up from the depths unbidden until I find myself saying them aloud on a day such as this, about 75 degrees, neither cold nor warm, more like an amniotic bath, birds and insects attending to their … Continue reading →

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Drought Buster

Posted on March 6, 2010 by Denise

Tibouchina heteromalla holding on to a raindrop. Photo by MB Maher. I understand the impulse. We’ve been promised a solid day of rain, but so far it’s only been a fitful one. Possibly more tonight. Euphorbia cotinifolia, Caribbean Copper Plant, … Continue reading →

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