Category Archives: bulbs, corms and tubers
Wordless Wednesday: The Sun Rises
Wordless Wednesday: Cadbury’s Purple
Six on Saturday: Gearing Up
With our open garden tomorrow, I wasn’t sure if I would have time to prepare a Six on Saturday post for Jim’s weekly meme at Garden Ruminations. However, I have been busy today with all the remaining tasks that can … Continue reading
In a Vase on Monday: Fairy Tales
The Tulip Fairy on the cover of my copy of Cicely May Barker’s ‘Complete Book of the Flower Fairies’, the prop for today, looks as if she is just stepping down from it onto the stand holding the test tubes, … Continue reading
Six on Saturday: When is a Snowdrop Not a Snowdrop?
…when it’s a snowflake, or Leucojum, probably L vernalis as this one is quite short in stature, unlike the taller and slightly later L aestivum. Often mistaken for snowdrops by those with more limited plant knowledge, they are commonly known … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday: Seeing the Light
Six on Saturday: Keeping Up Appearances
A distinct change in the weather, with temperatures a few degrees above freezing for the first time in 10 or 11 days, permitted a rather less hurried ramble around the garden this morning, giving a better chance of seeing and … Continue reading
A Week of Flowers, Day 5: Tulips
Today’s reminiscing is about tulips, with pictures from the end of April and early May, with species tulip ‘Little Beauty’ (above) and Tulip ‘Exotic Emperor’ below: I added more of usually reliable parrot tulip ‘Victoria’s Secret’ (below) last year, so … Continue reading