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Summer Bulbs
By Michael
Jan 28, 2020
I need more summer bulbs.  My steppe garden is suffering it’s mid-summer fade, as happens with natural steppe ecosystems and gardens that are inspired by them.  Most mediterran
A Few Tulipy Highlights on a Rare Sunny Spring Day
By Michael
Oct 6, 2016
A couple of years back my mother-in-law gave me the best present ever – a gift voucher from a bulb supplier.  In this case, Marcus Harvey’s Hillview Rare Plants. I didn’t or
Magnifying the Minute
By Michael
May 8, 2016
So the joys are shrinking. At least they’re shrinking in physical size, but curiously without any diminution of their joy-level. I don’t know how this works.  All I can think

A Few Tulipy Highlights on a Rare Sunny Spring Day
By Michael
Oct 6, 2016

A couple of years back my mother-in-law gave me the best present ever – a gift voucher from a bulb supplier.  In this case, Marcus Harvey’s Hillview Rare Plants. I didn’t ordering anything spec ...

Magnifying the Minute
By Michael
May 8, 2016

So the joys are shrinking. At least they’re shrinking in physical size, but curiously without any diminution of their joy-level. I don’t know how this works.  All I can think of is that somehow, ...

Bulbous beauty
By Michael
Mar 3, 2016

I can’t decide if it’s just a matter of association, but I love the look of bulbs.  I’m not talking about the flowers (though I love those too), I’m talking about the bulbs themselves.  I lo ...

RSVP Plant Revisit
By Michael
Mar 15, 2015

This time last year we had a great long discussion (possibly the longest in the history of The Gardenist) about companion planting for colchicums (check it out here).  The point was that they can loo ...

One of Many Moments
By Michael
Oct 7, 2014

It’s a big moment for me:  the moment of the flowering of Tulipa batalinii. I guess it could be any species tulip really – they all thrill me – though this one does have something of a story fo ...