Category: gardening
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Indoor blooms in midwinter?
April edit: in New England we are still having some gloomy days, and guess what? This amaryllis “Hot Lips” above (that I bought from John Scheepers) is STILL blooming! By that I mean that these little bulbs have each put out at least 2 stems of flowers, and one bulb is on its third! It’s…
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Beauty in winter
There’s snow on the ground, but I do have some pops of color in the garden, especially from my winterberry plants, and the ‘cranberries’ of American Cranberry Bush (Viburnum trilobum ‘Winterthur’). The greens and golds of evergreen conifers and shrubs also provide winter color.
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Winter [Seed] Sowing
I have never been inclined to start seeds indoors, as I don’t have the set up or the patience. But learning about winter sowing has changed all that! All you need is milk jugs (or plant pots, with hardware cloth to cover them), scissors, duct tape, soil, labels and seeds for plants that require cold ‘stratification’ (fancy…