Fritillaria meleagris

Fritillary Gallery

by May 18, 2011 – Posted in: Bulbs, Garden Visits

By Andrea Jones I love fritillaries – they are so elegant and graceful.  Most of the species below were photographed at the nursery of Jim and Jenny Archibald in Wales, JJ Archibald Seeds. Very sadly our friend Jim died of cancer in August  last year; so this was a particularly good opportunity to pay tribute [...]

The Refrigerator Exposed

by March 2, 2011 – Posted in: Bulbs

Written by Tovah Martin So secretly – while all this was going on – the refrigerator was having a life of its own. While the amaryllis were blooming on the windowsill and the bulbs in the ex-lawn were laying dormant under their six feet of snow (the plowmen cameth) – deep in the caverns of [...]