Plants & Such

I was asked about how well my cross-pollinated Iris were doing. In 2011 I had finally successfully cross-pollinated a purple iris with a bla...

It's funny. We barely had winter during winter, and now winter is clinging after spring arrived. What's up with that? 03/26/13 -...

Panteramaryllis, Hippeastrum pardinum , a photo by Rottismix on Flickr. Oh man, I would love to get my hands on this one! Can't seem to...

Happy 2013! :) It's been a relatively mild winter again - for these parts. I know the north is suffering with a lot of snow from those...

So what have I been up to? Admittedly nothing garden-wise. Ever since our two year drought came to an end towards the end of May, the rain k...

May 5, 2012 - Green Dragon Amaryllis displaying red spots  Back in the beginning of May, I noticed that my Green Dragon wasn't looki...

I came across this post - Propagating Asiatic Lilies From Leaves - and it got me to thinking... May 19, 2012 - Asiatic Lilies that I gr...

Wow, I hadn't realized it was over a month since I last updated. I've been thinking a lot about Camp NaNoWriMo lately that I forgot...

My amaryllis bed - the old one with three clumps - are pushing out lots of scapes! I wasn't quite sure since the amaryllis insisted on g...