Posts Tagged ‘Spring Bulbs’
November 04, 2024 Last Call for Spring Bulbs, John Bradby Blake, William Rickatson Dykes, Harry Ferguson, My Favorite Plant by Jamaica Kincaid, and Saving Summer with a Windowsill Garden
Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day Buy Me A Coffee Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter | Daily Gardener Community Botanical History On This Day 1745 John Bradby…
Read MoreJim Salyards and the Silent Spring at Filoli During COVID-19
This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. March 25, 2020 Dearest reader, On this day, Jim Salyards, the dedicated Director of Horticulture at the grand Filoli Center, found himself wandering a silent paradise. The famed estate and its 16-acre formal…
Read MoreBuy Hyacinths to Feed Thy Soul: Saadi’s Timeless Wisdom on Beauty and Loss
by Saadi If of thy mortal goods thou art bereft, And of thy meager store, Two loaves alone to thee are left, Sell one, and with the dole Buy hyacinths to feed thy soul. — Saadi, Persian Sufi poet, in Gulistan (The Rose Garden), 1258 Notes: If you plant spring bulbs, I…
Read MorePeter Barr: The Daffodil King Who Popularized the Yellow Bloom
The Daffodil King Today is the anniversary of the death of the Scottish horticulturist known as “The Daffodil King, Peter Barr, who died on this day at the age of 84 years old in 1909. Since Queen Victoria was not a fan of daffodils, Barr had much to overcome. At his home in Surrey, he…
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