Toad Lily (Tricytis hirta) flowering in a corner of the woodland garden.
I once had 3 different plants in this garden but they have appeared to have perished to this garden’s elements; whether be plant/weed competition, summer drought, harder winter seasons, or some other reason, it’s not entirely clear (I say spring plant competition tbh).
This specimen and its two young stolon clones are all that remain; filling the autumn flora slot
Gotta be proud of your kaffir lily when the unimpressionable member of the family goes “wow” at the sight of it x3
So with the need of warm stratification before the cold stratification, I’m going to need to leave this bulb pot of sown Ilex verticillata seeds indoors until at least Christmas Eve? yowch…
Thought you might find these interesting. I’m making terrariums with 4-liter carlo rossi wine bottles. Any suggestions for the best plants? We have elephant bush and English ivy so far.
I’m always a sucker for the terrarium aesthetic (even if I’ve never been able to maintain one long term, if even short term)!
It’s honestly hard to think of good choice terrarium plants as it’s in the eye of the beholder as well as how willing one is to do maintenance on it (as in when certain species either become leggy, too tall or too big, or just start encroaching on other plants in the terrarium). My personal taste is always for humid-loving dwarf species of plants (the small size theoretically slows down the demand of frequent maintenance), though I won’t lie I had to google to get a refresher on some suggestions as its been a long long time since I’ve divulged in studying on terrariums, some of my fav of the terrarium classics include;
And if somehow you have enough light for more flowering-type terrarium flora then it may not hurt to go for these lesser two classics;
I hope these suggestions are to your taste and I wish you good luck on your terrarium projects!!!
HE’LL TELL YOU WHAT HE AND HIS MOM GOT ORDERED YO;
Man I look forward to once these arrive and are planted and then taking my own photographs of these cuties/beauts in the spring…
One could argue that we didn’t order a lot, but if you consider the fact that nature is already making snow stick in the nooks of our property right now, tbh it’s plenty of bulbs as we’ll have limited time to plant them.
*Me squinting at the Irrigation Plus Inc. Early Book Catalog for containers/planters/trays etc.*
Ok can I get an uuhhhhhhhhhhh
I told myself going into the bulb catalog that I didn’t need to order daffodils as technically I have access to charming Narcissus and if I REALLY wanted daffs I could dig up some charming daffs at my Uncles.
But hard to say no to a DWARF daffodil cultivar that’s known to be super floriferous!
Fritillaria melegris… if you weren’t food for Red Lily Beetles I’d order your bulbs in a heartbeat.
HMMMM 18 Byzantinus glads for $5…….. tempting if we’re gonna do an order bundle already….
Good on mom to notice the Tulipa tarda on sale in that catalog. That’s a species I’ve wanted for a looong loooong time.
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