Daffodil (Narcissus) I have been planting daffodils over the last 3-4 years here in my garden, adding to the small group that was here when we first purchased this house. I love their shining yellow faces at this time of year. They provide such a show during this time when most of the trees are [...]
Interesting Plant: Fritillaria imperialis Rubra Maxima By Poco a poco (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons I love this frittillaria. It is so striking in both shape and color. I could imagine one of my triangular beds in the front garden filled with a mass of these, waving in the breeze. From White Flower Farm [...]
Garden Inventory is a series where I begin an inventory of all the plants and trees in my garden. Along with some of my own pictures, I will link to various sources of information about each plant and tree so we can learn a little more together. I would also like to highlight your special plants [...]
Quite a striking flower. Even though it is more deep purple than true black, it certainly makes a statement. Not sure why I am on such a black plant kick in these first two entries in the Interesting Plants series, but these are simply what caught my eye. I am looking for new, interesting plants [...]
Working out in the garden today I came across this First Paperwhite of 2012! According to my handy-dandy, Google Calendar gardening journal, this is just 2 days after I spotted the first Paperwhite last year. Here are a few pictures to get you dreaming of Spring!
“In the garden…” is a series for A Gardener’s Notebook highlighting what is happening in my garden, my friend’s gardens and California gardens throughout the seasons. Today, the second third of my daffodils go in. Only one more third to go! Yes! Can’t see the video above? Watch “In the garden…November 24, 2012 – Daffodils Part 2 of [...]
As you may have seen in my most recent “In the garden…” video, I have a bag of 75 daffodil bulbs that need to go into the ground. Here is the tag from the bag I picked up. I am sure they are pretty generic, as I got them at my local home supply store, [...]
Filming yesterday’s episode of “In the garden…” I saw that these bulbs are already on their way. These are probably paperwhites, which are usually the first bulbs to arrive each year. Here is Southern California, our bulbs start to sprout as soon as we get any significant Winter rain. We had a good rain a [...]
A lovely amaryllis bloom in my garden today. More are coming on. Click for slightly larger image
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