{"id":3870,"date":"2015-03-01T04:38:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T09:38:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-13T17:44:13","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T21:44:13","slug":"what-i-am-ordering-for-seeds-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardern.co.za\/2015\/03\/what-i-am-ordering-for-seeds-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT I AM ORDERING FOR SEEDS THIS YEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The lily of the valley that I dug and potted in October is now in full bloom, and oh so fragrant. Hyacinths and nice, but lily of the valley takes ones mind deep into mid-May, and with snow as deep as it is around here in the Boston area, it really helps one cope.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
I missed the Massachusetts Camellia Society show this weekend at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, but I had a little cold, and I think so did most of my camellias – most are still in tight bud, but not this one – it’s a color that could melt snow.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nThis list covers just common garden seed from the major seed sources, of course I have very rare or wild collected seed from plant societies that includes alpine, tree, shrub and bulb seed, but I will limit this list to general garden seed. These are plants that I will be raising in the greenhouse, and in the garden this year.<\/p>\n
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Those rare double Victorian nasturtiums in my collection and still blooming, even in the cold greenhouse. It dipped to -2\u00ba F again last night. When will it end? Another 7 inches of snow is due tomorrow, which will make our total since Jan 26 peak out at 115 inches I think. I am really ready now for any sign of warmer weather.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
I love this variegated camellia which also has variegated foliage. As you can tell, insect damage from spending the summer outdoors has helped keep this plant from being entered in the camellia show.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
Another winter fix we had to do was to add snowfence to the 5 foot high fence that runs around the eastern side of the yard, where the dogs are, since the dogs can now just walk over the fence – which Weasely did today again. We had to go find him using both cars, but he was OK. The last time he ran away last month, he was caught and had his embedded microchip scanned, and AKC called us within an hour, a reminder to all, to get your pets microchipped.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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Yes, the fence is even uglier than our tacky, old lattice fence, but we have few options.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
If you live in a warmer part of the country and don’t know what Ice Dams are, here you go. Snow falls on the roof, and then over time, the heat of the sun or heat radiating out of the attic slowly melts the snow, which immediately freezes again due to the sub zero temperatures. Ice forms near the edge of the eaves, as do massive icicles. Any water then that travels down the roof finds its way into the house. So much is ruined already, our cabinets, the pantry, even our dishwasher shorted out.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nFrom Jelitto in Germany:<\/p>\n
Delphinium elatum F1 Hybrid New Millennium ‘Blue Lace’<\/u>, which again, are costly – nearly 5 times the cost of regular old varieties of Delphinium, but oh, the colors and the vigor…. these promise to be a big improvement on an already challenging to grow perennial for many.<\/p>\n
Primula vulgaris ssp. sibthorpii \nPrimula vulgaris ‘wild form’ \nPrimula sieboldii \nPrimula x pubescens Exhibition Series Blue \nPrimula amoena (elatior ssp meyeri) \nPrimula juliae \nPrimula elatior Victorian Laced Primroses<\/p>\n
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Lastly, Icicles are so long, that some are 12 feet long as these are. They are so heavy, that one needs to break them with care, as they can weigh nearly 100 lbs or more.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
If you have never tried perennials from seed, it’s not easy unless you have a greenhouse, but Jelitto offers some of the best seed, especially their pre-chilled (Gold-Nugget Seed\u00ae) seed, which makes raised plants like primroses and other hard-to-germinate seeds much easier. By far the most economical way to raise many plants.<\/p>\n
The lily of the valley that I dug and potted in October is now in full bloom, and oh so fragrant. Hyacinths and nice,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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