The Bordeaux region of Southern France is quickly being gobbled up by urban sprawl and the “prime or best” farmland in the region sells for nearly $3 million an acre and is mostly devoted now to vineyards. The climate is…
Month: December 2009
that time of the year again…
Hello Sara, Paperwhites are now grown mostly in Israel and also the bulbs sold in Italy come from there, albeit via Holland. Small quantities of N. tazetta tazetta and N. tazetta ‘Italicus’ are available from stock grown in Italy. Export…
that time of the year again…
When the tazettas start blooming in the coastal South, and the scads of distinct no-name flowers drive us to distraction yet again… Occurred to me, that paperwhites particularly and possibly some of the bicolors were grown in southern France and…
A prolific seedling of Manuel Lima – 4 December 2009
Daffnetters, This Lima seedling grows and divides well here. Notice the lobed cup – inherited from viridiflorus. The seed parent is unknown. I’ve not considered the seedling worthy of a name – but perhaps its strong growth will change my…
Tequila Sunrise on 4 December 2009
Daffnetters, Here’s part of my patch of ‘Tequila Sunrise’ – it’s been open a couple of weeks on December 4, 2009. Like many fall bloomers, it lasts forever here. Bob Spotts Oakley California
Earwigs
Hello everyone, Earwigs are a real problem here too. I didn’t have any this year in my first year down patch where there were no weeds nor decaying weed material… Maybe keeping the soil clean helps. A few years ago…