Day: November 15, 2009

blooming today in TN.

No daffs blooming at the moment, but I have snowdrops and daylilies blooming at the same time! Although I have not kept records of my snowdrops, I can’t recall them blooming in November before. I’m not that experienced with many…

blooming today in Ohio

Friends, This little bloom of ‘Peppermint’ opened yesterday.  It’s one of Walter Blom’s hybrids.  This is about 5 weeks earlier than last year.  There are more buds coming in the pot, but nothing else is this far along; most are…

Dutch question

For those Dutch speakers / garden history buffs… There is a famous account of flowers in New Amsterdam in the mid1600s. One of the flowers recited was/were “jenoffelins” Anyone got an idea what those were? -s