12 Christmas-flowering bulbs
contact (Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:55:29 PST)
Dear all;
Here below the message via our website;
To all our friends customers and visitors a Merry Christmas. In December we finished mulching
all our plantings with compost or straw and now all is in a peaceful winterrest. We had several
frosts, but no serious damage was caused. Many species are in flower over Christmas: The
Nerines survived the frosts, but the main shows comes from the Narcissus tazetta, Iris
unguicularis, the last Crocus, Moraea polystachya (since Octobre), Oxalis, Cyclamen
pseudibericum and coum, Galanthus elwesii. Anemone coronaria surprises every winter with an
very long flowering period. (Decembre -April). Unfortunately the spectacular Dahlia imperialis is
absent this year (scorched by a frost -5° on the 19th of November), but she will be back next
year.
I would like to add that there is a very nice bunch of Narissus romieuxii in flower (gift from
Audrey Caine a few years ago). A very attractive Christmas flower is Androcymbium ciliation
which lasts for at least two months. (flowers well hidden in large creamy-green bracts) All
species mentioned are grown in the ground (some under shadecloth) subject to frequent but
light night frosts.
Allready my best wishes for the New year
Lauw de Jager
South of France (this moring sunny with temps around 0°)