Quite a few daffodils have sprouted foliage this fall, and this morning on my “walk about,” I saw that the deer had been munching on this miniature! Along with some daylily and Oriental poppy foliage. I didn’t actually SEE the deer,…
John Hunter’s ‘Emerald Monarach’ has been in bloom here for several days. It opened when the temperature was above normal, so the color is perhaps not as green in the cup as it should be. It was imported in the…
This tazetta is blooming in Ohio. A friend sent several bulbs a couple years ago, but it is mis-named. But I’m enjoying it in any event. The individual florets are under an inch across, and there are 4 or 5…
Helleborus niger is in bloom, again thanks to our mild autumn. It’s nice to see bloom when everything else is brown and dry.
This bulbocodium is from seed sent to me by Lawrence Trevanion in 2005. There are 3 blooms this year. It was from his 01/18B. Lawrence will have to supply the breeding. :-) It’s has a smaller flower than ‘Yuletide’.
We’ve had a mild autumn, so this little bulbocodium is blooming several weeks early. Steve Vinisky sent me a bulb of ‘Yuletide’ in late 2011. It bloomed in January of 2012, and is blooming again now. Steve said he named…