The fall bulb catalogs are arriving day by day, their pages full of impossibly big tulips, daffodils of every description, and hyacinths whose portraits are so vibrant that you can almost smell them. I really should get my orders in—and I will in a week or so–but for right now I need more immediate gratification. … Read more
There is something about autumn crocus that induces amnesia. I know where I planted the bulbs of the blue and white-flowered Crocus speciosus and Crocus speciosus ‘Albus’ this year, but I have completely forgotten where I installed crocuses in previous years. This only happens with the fall-blooming kind. I can tell you where all the … Read more
I need some cheap thrills for my autumn garden. Usually I think about this too late—in mid September at the earliest. This year, however, I am determined to get a jump on the season and the thrills. The kind of thrills I am looking for come from autumn flowering crocus and colchicum. These plants bear … Read more
