what's sprouting in my cold frame
Jane McGary (Sun, 26 Feb 2012 12:56:51 PST)

Kathleen wrote

Kathleen, how cold do you think it gets in that frame? I have a huge
pot of this Veltheimia that I grew for many years in the solarium of
my previous house (still for sale, solarium and all), but my new
house has nowhere much to keep plants completely frost-free in
winter. Kept in the living room it doesn't flower. I've been
wondering whether I should try some of the bulbs in the center of the
bulb house, or just send them all to the BX.

SPeaking of houses and gardens for sale, Ellen Hornig and I can at
least go back and plunder our former gardens at leisure until the
real estate market perks up -- a silver lining. I left a woodland
planting with a lot of anemones there, hoping it would encourage
potential buyers, but my live-in caretakers can't keep up with the
weeding, so I'm just going to take all the plants I can and let them
herbicide the ground under the trees and shrubs.

There are still some remains of the old bulb frames there, too, one
of them full of mixed colchicums. If I had the names on them, I'd
send them to the BX, but they were lifted from the garden and put
back in the former frame area when I ran out of room for them in the new place.

Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA