Fw: favorite Medit bulbs

Ahhhhh Amaryllis belladonna - what a poignant flower.  I have these very photographic memories of my grandmother's backyard and the bed along the side of her house planted with these fragrant beauties, which, being from Texas, she called "Nekkid Ladies."  There was also a rampant overgrowth of spearmint in a nearby bed under the spare bedroom window, and with scent being the sense most closely tied to memory, you can imagine all the childhood memories conjured up by even the thought of that bright green bed and the fantastic pink lilies sprouting from bare ground nearby.  I'm six again, and the crabapples aren't ripe, but we're climbing the tree and eating them anyway, and after that we're going to run through the sprinklers in our underwear!
 
Cheers!
Karrie Reid
Folsom Foothill Gardener
Zone 9
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: favorite Medit bulbs

Naked Ladies, Amaryllus belladonna, who can resist such a sexy name. I love the pink flowers, their smell, their persistence in old gardens, coming up in gardens otherwise abandoned, or as in my garden, coming up as a reminder of the garden that was, back in 1921 when our house was built. When I first walked up the long staircase from the street to the house, they were almost the only thing still growing, and I felt like the girl in "The Secret Garden": in this hidden abandoned place a garden had been and a garden would be again.

I don't even mind the dead leaves anymore.

Laura Cooper
Los Angeles (Glassell park to be exact)


On Jun 7, 2005, at 6:29 PM, Reid Family wrote:

I cast my vote for Tulbaghia violacea for its good manners in the garden, its resistance to insects, its evergreen leaf clumps, and its long, cheerful bloom time.  Not to mention it always makes me want to go indoors and have a glass of wine to go with the smell!
 
Karrie Reid
Folsom Foothill Gardener
Zone 9
----- Original Message -----
From: N Sterman
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 4:45 PM
Subject: favorite Medit bulbs

A very non-scientific survey for an article I am writing - what are 
your favorite Mediterranean climate bulbs and what makes them your 
favorites?
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