Marde’s Blog
Hyacinth Colors Have Expanded
Hyacinth Colors Have Expanded from just blue, pink, white, and yellow. Now we have a larger palette of colors with which to work. Blues are now found in a range from Aqua and light blue through dark purple and some have lighter edges. Orange and Peach are now...
Planting Creeping Thyme Seeds
Creeping Thyme Seeds - Creeping Thyme is a popular and adaptive dwarf ground cover that is popular for landscape designs. Use it often as borders on flower beds and in between pavers on walkways. This is a ground cover that can handle moderate foot traffic. Creeping...
Tulips will be Ready to Plant in December
I have quanties of less than 100 of most of the tulips I sell. They are in the walk in refrigerator getting their full allottment of cold and will be ready to plant upon receipt. As they come in so many colors, they can fill a garden bed with the most wonderful colors...
Planting Saffron Crocus
Saffron Crocus is a bulb that produces the stamens that, when cut and harvested, produce the most expensive spice in the world, Saffron. This bulb is grown in great quantities in the Middle East and India along with many other countries. My bulbs come from The...
White Amaryllis Belladonna
White Amaryllis Belladonna is a beautiful addition to the growing list of warm climate bulbs! This is a large bulb and produces large, lily or trumpet shaped flowers around a central nexus, They grow best in Zones 6-9 and each bulb sends up a stem from bare ground,...
Alerti Peonies, Golden Dawn Daffodils, Heirloom Freesias
This is the time to order Alerti peonies, Golden Dawn daffodils, Heriloom freesias, Watsonia, Tulips, and any other flowering bulbs. Contact me at marde.ross@me.com to request information on other quantities or cultural information. On my blog index you can find a...
Peonies, Daffodils, Tulips, Saffron Crocus and other Bulbs – Order Today
This is the time to order all spring blooming bulbs and peonies. They will arrive beginning in October and can be planted immediately except for tulips bulbs in warm climates which should be refrigerated for 608 weeks to make them tall, strong and bloom at the same...
Watsonia is a Tall, Cutting Flower from the Gladiolus Family
Watsonia needs only sun and water and amended soil to thrive, multiply and keep producing tall stems as the corms produce 4-6 foot blooms! They make a good back of the border addition and require no special care. Outdoor Beds Find a location where the soil drains well...
Saffron Crocus
Saffron Crocus or Crocus Sativus The excitement is heating up as the bulbs are finishing their growth for the year and are being harvested in many countries around the world. The Middle East is a prime location for big fields of bulbs, but India, France and the...
Further Adventures with Merle Reuser, The Daffodil Man
Margaret Homestead 2013 Merle, Cedric and I drove to Cloverdale one fine morning in the rain to check out the homestead on 300 acreas that he knew as a boy. It was owned by Margaret Adams who died in 2000 after a long friendship of almost sixty years with Merle. As...
Adventures with Merle, The Daffodil Man
Merle Reuser With His High School Wheels - Now Used to Deliver Daffodil Bouquets! Merle Reuser is a daffodil "freak" as he describes himself. He has become well known in Cloverdale and Santa Rosa for his work since the age of eight of giving away bouquets of...
Brodaea Queen Fabiola
I had a couple of very pleasant surprises when we drove into an air field for a glider ride! First of all, the glider ride over Hidden Valley in Sonoma was a delight. Before we got into the office, I had noticed a very large expanse of Brodaea, and after picking some...