It’s funny, with the summer like heat we’ve had this week the tulips that were still blooming grew even more. Some of the tulip blooms are sitting on stems that are easily 2.5 feet in height! Those stems were only a foot to a foot and a half tall a week ago. [...]
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Hyacinth buds
On Friday, after the scent of blooming hyacinths drew me out of the house I went outside with my camera. There were so many different spring flowers blooming!
I don’t know how many photos I ended up taking but it had to have been at least 50 pictures. I’m so thankful that [...]
Here’s an interesting video of an amaryllis blooming.
I love amaryllis. I have three in my basement right now staying cool. Actually, maybe it’s good that I’m creating this post right now because I think I’d better bring them upstairs and let them start getting some bright light. I want [...]
Bulb, Corm, tuber, Rhizome! What does it all mean?
The term “bulb” is commonly used to refer to the thickened underground storage organ produced by some plants. However, many of what we call bulbs may be corms, tubers, tuberous roots or rhizomes.
You might think of a bulb as you would a chicken egg. The outside of [...]
