Narcissus serotinus
I get bore easily .
This is not a very hard-nosed trait , but then again , no one will ever tag me a one who is practical .
When I become blase , it ’s also not due to depression or of a lack of sustain anything to do , I simpleton grow less interested , and get look for new stimuli . And so it is with my plants . The best way for me to fight my over - curious mind , is to continually introduce new input , be it another genus to explore and collect , or the improver of a uncommon species of Narcissus , such as this new bulb of a early autumn blooming species from the sphere around the Mediterranean mainly Corsica , Crete , Cyprus , the East Aegean Islands , France , Greece , and Italy where this tiny Narcissus grow wild ( it ’s indeed amazingly tiny – no larger than a dime bag ) . This bulb can not freeze , so I keep it in my twilight blooming Narcissus collection , which inhabits about 25 square foot of bench blank space in my nursery . These 25 square foot devote to a collection is about normal for me , who has another 25 feet dedicated to the little South African medulla genus Romulea , and another 25 square feet ( or maybe it ’s more like 50 Square feet ) consecrate to Lachenalia , another for drop and wintertime growing Cyclamen species , another for Nerine , another for Oxalis … well , you get the word-painting .
The problem is this … I act upon all hebdomad . I commute home late , and in the wintertime it is dark . In the morning time it is also dark when I leave . The nursery is relatively machinelike , with vents , and lacrimation can often wait until the weekend . I have had the greenhouse for 8 years now , that means * autumns of Narcissus that flush in the autumn , 8 winters of the same pot of Lachenalia , the same species blooming every year , sometimes better than others , which is a little interesting , but now many are start to feel more like a burdon , well , more like a dependent than anything else . And the heat price do n’t serve much either .
What I am saying is that any new specie is welcome , as this tiny Narcissus is . No matter what , there are always surprises , this little baby took two years to bloom , I even bury I had it ( after dictate it one gloaming fromPaul Christianin the UK . This was the yr that I was either going to resolve not to fire up the greenhouse , and perhaps begin all over again with new collections , or … .I was going to blue-pencil through each collection . Niether find , and here I am water and fertilizing every aggregation as they become bigger , more of a burdon perhaps , since I insist that each have the utter hand-crafted corpse pots , or the perfect black label , mayhap I just need to make more money and employ a gardener or well yet , a plant curator – and treat my collections more like a scientific compendium , rather than a sideline . I could be the conservator , and my gardeners could maintain the collections . Of naturally , I would need more glasshouse , another ice alpine house or two . I recollect this is why I respect Martha Stewart so much – I ‘ get ’ her . When others say she is simple all about being perfect , or bossy , I always conencted with her as simple another compulsively curious human , who luckily now has the means to maintain her ingathering , her passionateness . rarified horse breeds , strange miniature farm animals , heirloom vegetables , it ’s all about excellence and authenticity . Maybe I ’m not so crazy after all . A little possessed , but not softheaded .
We had a surd freeze Thursday night , which killed the above ground parts of many cutter tropicals such as Dahlias , Cannas and Alocasia . So I pass a well part of Sunday digging them all up and organize them to be brought down to the cellar where they will spend the snowy winter just above freeze , in a bed of dry peat .
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