Phallic Gardening

This is an Amorphophallus – a wonderful bulbous plant. I dig it up, take indoors ever fall to overwinter it in a cool dark, damp spot and it’s getting larger and larger for me. Mind you, at this time of year it causes a small sensation with garden visitors. My hope is to get it [...]

Flower Bulb Picture Contest

Our annual flower bulb picture contest is ON right now. Click here to upload pics and see the rules Prizes include 10 boxes of bulbs (5 for Canadians and 5 for US gardeners). These boxes are the same ones I receive every year and nobody else in your neighborhood unless you live close to a [...]

Minor Bulbs A’ Blooming

Here’s a small selection of minor bulbs (so called “minor” because they aren’t as popular) that you might want to consider growing. All growing instructions are found here on my bulb website Chionodoxa sardensis Eranthis hyemalis Fritillaria imperialis Maxima Lutea Nerine sarniensis ch_client = “gardenguy”; ch_type = “mpu”; ch_width = 500; ch_height = 250; ch_non_contextual [...]

More Spring Bulb Pictures

Here are a few more shots of Keukenhof and spring flower bulb pictures. You can see how easy it is to fall in love with big plantings as well as mixed plantings. The lesson on this for homeowners is to plant bulbs in massed groups rather than onesies- and twosies here and there through the [...]

Spring Bulb Pictures

I’ve just come back from a quick trip to Holland where I spent an afternoon at Keukenhof – the big display garden focusing on spring flowering bulbs. Only open 2 months of the year and visited by 8 million people in the 2 months, this is a major adventure with indoor and outdoor gardens – [...]

Forcing Spring Shrubs

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Amaryllis ‘Double Record’

Image courtesy International Flower Bulb Centre Hippeastrum ‘Double Record’ is one of those wonderful amaryllis bulbs we all love to see and grow. This particular plant was the 2006 French Potted Plant of the Year. You can see how to get them to rebloom right here. I just thought you might like a hit of [...]

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