play fast for the new intromission or they will sell out , like this pink muscari . Everyone wants this new pinkish Muscari , or Grape Hyacinth this year . It is very , very pale pink , but , still pinkish . Not certain how well it will do but I must have it . Muscari ‘ Pink Sunrise ’ is uncommitted at most retail merchant mail order , but it is now sell out at Van Engelen .
You all know that I love rare and strange bulbs , but one does n’t call for to spend lashings of money , or search for rare bulbs at petite micro nursery . Many interesting medulla oblongata can be purchased on - line , from the main - flow bulb retailers . I order both rare and more common bulbs , from all sources , for I really do n’t like where they come from , as long as they are of the high character . Bulbs are graded , just like garden truck at your local supermarket , so you more often than not will get what you give for . So , those glossy medulla catalogs where one can bribe 50 bulbs for 9.99 , will most likely post you little , less meridian bulbs than the catalog that trade the same cultivar for 21.00 for the same amount . I have noticed that although is is unmanageable to make a bad option with bulb , since most are rather fool proof , that also , one get what one pay for . Especially with Amaryllis , for over the retiring 4 years , I have pay nearly $ 30.00 for those electric-light bulb from White Flower Farm , and each has produced 3 buds each , and the quality was exceeding . So , although many will moan at the price of their plant life cloth , when it comes to bulbs , the premium sources obviously purchase the most premium bulbs at the Dutch lightbulb auctions , whereas a Spring Hill , will take the Riffian raff . Business is job . , and there are always elision . Here are some of what bulb I am ordering today . ( NOTE : Bulbs are less expensive if you buy a higher quantity , a great author is Scheepers , and their sister site , ( not wholesale , but higher - quanitity site ) Van Engelen . Here is my list , some of it anyway , and where I am buying them .
From VanEngelen Inc
I am ordering these :
Narcissus cantabricusThis mintage Narcissus is a favorite of mine , and although I necessitate to grow these in little potty in the greenhouse ( not unlike Paperwhite Narcissus ) , this tiny , fragrant , hoop blossom jem from the Mediterranean is choice and rare , and difficult to regain , in fact , this is the first time I have ever seen it at a principal stream catalogue . Normally , I can only find the seed at rare bulb auctions or at the only reservoir for rare , miniature Narcissus , Nancy Wilson where she sells somewhat more noteworthy selections , but at a importantly higher cost . Here at Van Engelen , they are around a dollar a lightbulb . mellifluous !
Narcissus ‘ Peeping Tom’Look at the scale of these trumpets ! I make out Cyclamineus - type of Narcissus , intend those named cultivars which are bred from the wild manikin of N. cyclamineus , a mintage form with classifiable , blown back petals like a a cyclamen , and a long , long , pencil this lissome trumpet . I adore the wild phase more than any other Narcissus , but it is exetremely difficult to find , have alone grow . But the hybrids are available at the larger Dutch Bulb agriculturalist , and they will be heel under CYCLAMINEUS ( you will see that all Narcissus are listed by GROUP , divisions unionise by the Narcissus Societies which sections them by form , like Large Cupped , Triandrus , and Tazetta – most either refer to the original unfounded species , like N. triandrus , as the parent of the hybrid , or the form , such as in miniature , or mintage ) . Cyclamineus may be challenging , but the hybrid are not , and all are beautiful . This hybrid called ‘ Peeping Tom ’ actually looks nothing like the crazy N. cyclamineus , but the the genetics push the genes into extreme sharpness , and expressed in a super - recollective trumpet , which is open at the end , and smaller petals . This is smaller Daffodil , but like all Daffs . order as many as you may afford , but do n’t find bad about it , they are long lasting and return every year .
Narcissus ‘ Sinopel ’
At 10 for $ 18.00 , this is not innexpensive , but always fun to have a greenish Narcissus pseudonarcissus . I know , if you ’ve grown this , it ’s not as green as the pic shows here , but it is still a fav . These I am planting along the east side of the greenhouse , in the bulb bed which is mostly moxie , but they perform perfectly ok in regular garden circumstance .
Frittilaria genus Meleagris ‘ alba’There are no comon names for most Frit ’s but do n’t let that block off you , these are not difficult to grow , and F. meleagris is perhaps the most easy . This rarer form is all white , and I just love how it looks , even as a cut flower . The typical form , of this “ checker lily ’ or ‘ Snakes Head lily ’ if fine enough , but the thoroughgoing white form will show up better . These are mythologic plant in drifts , under trees in partial shade , where the naturalize for me by ego seeding . The white course may revert back if it self seeds , but I am not sure . I will order 100 medulla oblongata , and save 25 for get in jackpot , forcing them in the greenhouse .
Iris dardanus
Sure , there are easier Iris species to grow , but the section of Iris unionize as Onco ’s are select . Yes , hard , bot not this one . I grow enough of the more ambitious single , which actually are not that tough if one provides the right weather condition , but if you want something different that will impress , this is the only Regelio Cyclus variety seldom carried by the big growers . I am going to try it in pure Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin , that ’s it . Pure sand in full sun , no need for wintertime auspices . I just bought grip of play Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin at Home Dept , and underprice a few into a hole , in the front garden , and that is where I am imbed these . That ’s it , now , that ’s not hard , is it ? These Iris I have visualise at some friends ’ garden , and conceive me … NO one grows it , and EVERYONE will ask you where you got it . At 5 for 9.95 US , it ’s priced perfectly .
The all while form of Frittilaria persica , F. persica ‘ alba ’ usable this year at some specialty medulla catalogs as well as the larger dealer like John Scheepers . I am getting a dozen to establish in the rock garden , since the disconsolate violet mannikin , which is more commonly available , did so well last yr . high-priced ? yeah , but I ’m worth it .
Eremurus robustus
I know ! Eremurus in New England , but these did so well for me last year , that I want more . I establish them in virgin gravel , simply dumped gravel micro chip in a fix in the front garden , and they have retuned now for 4 years , at nearly 5 feet tall , they stop traffic .
Just a few for now , I will try and deal more later !
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