Re: FAN LETTER +BULBS

Actually I think you're all great teachers, walking encyclopaedias the lot of
you.  Not a day goes past but that you amaze me.  When do you get the time for
actual digging?

However...can I put you to another test?  Can anyone tell me where to find a
comprehensive list of bulbs in order of flowering?   


loretta gerity jacobs <lorettagerity@home.com> wrote:
> david feix wrote:
> 
> > As an update to the longer message on Heliconias, I
> > r
> 
> 
> 
> David, I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy reading
> your posts. You are so knowledgeable and explain stuff so well,
> I feel like we have a great teacher in out midst.
> These days, as a part of a vague self help campaign, I'm making
> it a point to let folks know when I think good thoughts about
> them.
> I always forget though, aren't you in the East BAy? I used top
> live in Oakland and Berkeley, and found it to be one of the best
> overall growing areas imaginable. I mean, stuff really wants to
> live there. Such a temperate clime, and just year round blooms
> of all sorts of wonders.
> 
> Anyway, things are in mid winter cycle here in slightly colder,
> well, make that much colder, a couple of bumps on the zone
> schedule, I'd think, in  Fairfax. And we have no direct
> sunlight, well, maybe about an hour of filtered sun, in the main
> parts of the garden, but overall, it's pretty dark.  But look
> closely, there is much going on. Leaves and stems are thickening
> with new energy, some of the stuff I put in in the fall,
> foxglove, Rhodies , various perennials are starting slowly to
> take form.  My new sage garden, with new salvia and agastache's
> are sitting pretty still, but if I look close, I can see the
> tiniest bit of movement along the stems.
> I'm out there everyday, cleaning up, hacking, still have mild
> poison oak, or some sort of rash that started out as P. Oak, who
> knows anymore.
> 
> I've ordered some roses, and more salvia's, (I cannot find S.
> Argentea anywhere), and some Ginger. From NOrth Carolina. This
> is a stretch, definitely not Mediterranean, but my neighbor's
> been showing off her damn ginger lilies to me long enough. I've
> succumbed. Oh yes, (Hedychium)
> "pink flame, gold flame, and Kikayu".
> 
> 
>  Well, just wanted to say hi to all.
> 


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