Recent Posts Tagged With 'bulbs'

• The Black Dahlia

  Posted on Friday December 18th, 2009 at 02:28 in bulbs, perennials

  Dahlia x hybrida 'Bishop of Llandaff' with silver Helichrysum petiolare Dahlia x hybrida 'Yellow Hammer'I always associate black Dahlias with the James Ellroy novel and film noir movie of the same name........... a spine tingling murder mystery and a...

• Massonia pustulata

  Posted on Monday December 14th, 2009 at 15:07 in bulbs, succulents

  Massonia pustulataMassonia is a genus of six species of bulbs from South Africa which are related to Hyacinth and have in common with them a delightful honey perfume. They are winter flowering bulbs and are usually dormant over summer. I took this ph...

• "Gladdies"

  Posted on Thursday December 3rd, 2009 at 02:25 in bulbs

  Gladiolus cultivar with petals showing streaking from a mosaic virus caused by thripThese"Glads" are flowering now in a garden I am working on and have probably been in the ground for 30 or more years . They were once a popular garden flower in Austr...

• Crinum pedunculatum, Native Swamp Lily

  Posted on Monday November 16th, 2009 at 03:02 in bulbs, native flora, landcape feature and accent plants

  Crimum pedunculatum, Swamp LilyThe 1m long and 10cm wide, smooth leaves of the Swamp LilyThis Lily is in the Daffodil Family , Amaryllidaceae, and is native to coastal regions of Queensland and New South Wales. It grows both in sand dunes above the h...

• Lilium longiflorum, November Lily

  Posted on Monday November 9th, 2009 at 02:45 in art, bulbs

  Lilium longiflorumCommon names for white lilies vary depending on where you live. This species which is from Japan and Taiwan is also called the Christmas Lily in cooler climates and Easter Lily in the Northern Hemisphere. The Madonna Lily which is a...

• Hippy Chic

  Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 15:23 in bulbs

  Hippeastrum vittatum Red CultivarThese brilliant flowers appear from August to November and it is impossible not to notice them when you drive past a garden with a good display. The big fat bulbs can be planted from January to April with their nose j...

• Arisaema sikokianum

  Posted on Friday October 16th, 2009 at 06:34 in bulbs

  Arisaema sikokianum (back view) Cobra Lily Arisaema sikokianumThis Aroid bulb is quite unusual and is in flower now. It is from southern Japan and was named after the Island of Shikoku where it is now considered a threatened species.Bulbs such as thi...

• Watsonia

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 15:38 in bulbs, weeds

  Watsonia pyramidata xThe genus Watsonia was named in 1752 by Philip Miller ,curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden (London) after his friend Sir William Watson (1715-1787) a physician and naturalist.The 50 or so species of this bulb/corm all hail from ...

• Bluebells

  Posted on Monday August 31st, 2009 at 02:57 in bulbs

  Endymion, English-Spanish BluebellThe bluebells have came out during the past couple of days and I have is a nice border of them under an old apricot tree and a few others amongst some roses. The "bluebell fantasy" is to have a whole woodland garden ...

• First Freesias

  Posted on Tuesday August 11th, 2009 at 16:57 in bulbs

  Freesia refracta albaA week ago there was only one flower out and now there are many.These Freesias are growing in a bed with roses to which they are a good companion. While the roses are just stumps after their annual pruning, these bulbs have the c...

• from underground

  Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 19:24 in bulbs

  The emerging flowers of the "Paintbrush" lily look like flaming torches. These are growing in a friends garden who lives close by....

• Narcissus/Jonquils

  Posted on Saturday June 20th, 2009 at 02:55 in art, bulbs

  Narcissus (1594-96)Caravaggio M. (1573-1610)Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica Narcissus papyraceus Paperwhite Jonquils Rain ...rain ...rain and the ground has turned to mud! The Jonquils are peaking and look cheerful....

• Jonquil/Junquilho

  Posted on Tuesday May 5th, 2009 at 20:02 in jonquil, bulbs

  Narcissus sp. JonquilThese are the first of the "Spring" bulbs to come out in flower. At this time of year when the daylight hours and temperature are a bit like early Spring some of the bulbs which are naturalised come into flower especially if the...