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| The Catalog is in the mail and should reach people within a day or few. If after a bit you haven’t received a catalog or you know someone that wants one Email me
Pictures above is early in the season and exhibit virtually no blooms, but given the lack of green here right now, it’s quite eye catching anyway.
The other thing I’d note is you can see how strongly the daylilies are growing, and as such storing lots of energy for bloom.
And of course the nice rototilled edges adds a nice touch.
Next you can see lilies popping up everywhere! |
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| Smith College Greenhouse path |
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| Somehow this appeals to me. Volunteer Maidenhair Ferns and Begonias under a greenhouse bench at Smith College. I love plant serendipity. |
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| Masses of Bulbs and luscious scents |
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| I took a trip to the Smith College Bulb Show. It was wonderful to go and see and smell growing things, as well as blooms.
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| I do kind of have my own aboretum in my basement. Here you can see a 5 year old Avocado tree that I grew from seed and below it a Ornamental Ginger I got from New Orleans. Growing them in my basement is nice, but the real magic happens when i move them to the greenhouse and then outside. They will double in size I expect! I also have Canna lily bulbs and Dahlia bulbs in bags waiting to go out to the basement. |
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Miniatures refer to the size of the flowers, but not the height. These two miniatures are wonderful for their small showy blooms that stand up tall.
The benefit of these characteristics is a massed show of colorful spots in the garden. Olallie Debbie’s Dream is one of my favorites as the red blooms pop up in a mix of heights.
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I have already started some flower and vegetable seeds. Mostly these were to trial viability of older seeds, but now that they’re growing, I’ve got to keep them growing. Seed starting page
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I’ve started the first step to future daylily cultivars. The seeds need to be cold stratified. Which is basically putting them in the fridge for 4 weeks. They are put in wet paper towels and labelled ziplock bags. This fools them into thinking they’ve been through a proper Vermont winter. Ah if only we could do the same. Propagating Daylilies
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| I collect seeds and seed heads in paper bags, which works perfectly. It gives me a place to write and allows the seeds to stay dry.
Can you guess what seeds I collected that Dante is interested in? He’s made quite a mess of them. |
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