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Spring’s Shooting Stars

Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, tagged , , , , , , on April 10, 2013 | 2 Comments »

Jim Pirhalla, Horticulturist in the Pinetum writes: No, this isn’t a blog about gun violence. It’s actually about a charming little flowering bulb. Charming, at least in this region, for in the South, it may be considered a lawn pest to some. The plant that I’m referring to is Ipheion uniflorum, the spring starflower, also [...]

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To Me…

Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, tagged , , , , on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Horticulturist, Jim Pirhalla lends his thoughts to one of his favorite Daffodil cultivars: To me, for all of the garden plants, daffodils (Narcissus spps.) have it made. Let me explain. After a long hard winter when even a yellow gum wrapper or a red cola can in the yard tricks one into believing that spring [...]

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Live vs. the Lens

Posted in Garden, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The morning light crests the hill.  The birds are singing their spring songs.  I have the garden to myself.  I take a deep breath, I bend forward. I exhale. I take a deep breath and come back to standing.  I take a deep breath and bend at the knees to a crouching position.  I breathe [...]

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This Week in the Garden, March 26, 2010

Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, tagged , , , , , , , on March 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

I consider the time when the March Bank is in its full blue regalia to be the calm before the storm; the storm being the flowering flurry of April. There is a quiet composure to the vast blue display and when viewed from a distance, it is one in which you can get visually lost. [...]

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This Week in the Garden 3-19-10

Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

It is amazing to think about the fact that two weeks ago we still had a fair amount of snow on the ground. Now, the woodland floor of many of our garden areas are covered in a multitude of  flowers, with more to emerge with the impending warm weekend. I know that we are just about to [...]

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This Week in the Garden, March 7-13, 2010

Posted in Garden, Garden Tips, Plants, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on March 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »

Walking in the garden this week you would not know that we were snow covered for a full 4 weeks prior. Snowdrops, winter aconite, adonis, crocus and spring snowflake are in flower in the Glade Garden, March Bank, Azalea Woods, Quarry Garden, Icewell and East Terrace. Amongst some of the last remnants of snow, hellebores [...]

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Millions of Bulbs?

Posted in Garden, tagged , on March 18, 2009 | 2 Comments »

This last weekend we offered a guided walk through the March Bank to enjoy the snowdrops, winter aconite, snowflake, and crocuses. One of the questions that comes up often, but that I am always a little hesitant to answer, is “how many bulbs are there in the March Bank?” I always say millions, with my [...]

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A Prelude to Spring

Posted in Garden, tagged on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A few mild winter days have brought out our earliest bulbs in the March Bank and on the East Terrace. Hundreds and thousands of cold-hardy snowdrops, eranthis, crocus, and adonis make it worth a late winter, chilly walk.

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