Surely not very exciting to most grower unless you are a gatherer , I partake in with you a collection of summer - maturate South African bulb .
Relatively rarified , or at least , backbreaking to obtain , these are electric light that rise during our northern hemisphere summertime , enjoying the frequent thunderstorms and heavy rains , as well as the shiny , live sunshine , which is essential along with fast drainage in an almost ridicoulously gravelly soil intermixture which makes the stack very big , but insure little root rot .
From the left , a flyspeck great deal of the tiny Nerine rehmannii , which front like grass , this is position into a large pot of Boophane disticha , with it ’s sports fan of rippled leaves . I though I lose this precious electric light earlier in the year , since the bub was soft , and reduced in size , but then it surprized me with some growth . I am trusted I will loose it this year , mostly because it is the most expensive bulb in this collection ! .
Next to that is a moment of a mystery , lost lables are a foul problem , thanks to the squirrels . This is perhaps Stenomesson piercii or ? ? Regardless , that ’s what I am stiicking with for now … .I am treating them as Stenomesson , and thus , implant the bulb deep , at the bottom of the pot and providing winter dispassionateness , even though it is reportedly a winter grower . This seems to come forth and go inactive randomly , so I have decided to relax , and just stuck to pot alfresco for the summertime , to see what would happen .
Afer this , a large , deep pot for the rare the summer growing Nerine , N. falcata , still a untried bulb , but one of these years it will reward me with a blossom at the end of summertime . More challenging than most Nerine , this bulb does not require to be disturbed , and needs hot summer temporary worker and firm drainage to boom .
This larger mint is Tulbaghia simmleri , a wintertime nursery flower Tulbaghia not unlike T. violacea , but sweetly fragrant , not skunky like T. violacea , which I develop in pot too , because I really like the scent of this ‘ Society Garlic ” . Skunky is good , and it reportedly keeps snakes away .
Lastly , ( I know , these all look the same ! ) are the pots of Cyrtanthus alatus x hybrids , that flower for me every fall with pendant , vermillion flower that we love so much around the garden here at Greenwood . ( We are thinking of naming our garden , not to be pretentious , but simply Britishy , and , well , it seems like it is run short to require a name , since it is growing most every day . So far , Greenwood is the name I am thinking of … … Greenwood Street is the streeet at the end of our road , which is Spofford . But Greenwood provides a better garden name , and it is the main street leading to the metropolis .
