I lie with I mentioned this before , but late August is in reality a dull time in the garden , away from picking veg and repot the summer dormant legal tender bulbs in the greenhouse , a task which is just about done , most of the chores are routine ace , like fertiliing orchids and summer grow bulbs , or cleaning and organizing , two thing I really detest doing , as anyone who have it off me , get laid .
I thought for a change , I would show you some of the less fancy parts of my garden . Shots of the nursery , not set up for a shoot , or strip up , but simply , blast as it really looks on a normal Saturday . Here , the potting bench as I finish repot Cape bulbs . The foliage was cut off of the dormant Moraea and Babiana , and some of it comes from the Romulea species . Most of the Narcissus mintage are not being repotted this year because I ran out of time , and in the back , you’re able to see the Nerine sarniensis pots , quick to begin growing . I have special bulbs and offset if anyone wants , I was going to donate them to PBS , but I never seem to get them into the main , I am such a slug sometimes ! Trying to do too much , I guess , at once . My potting bench was built out of Mahogany ten year ago , but it is alreadu starting to decay in spots . This is a pretty humid nursery in the winter , and since I keep a pile of soil on it most of the time , it seldom gets to dry off . mass always comment at how much we can close up into the glasshouse every fall , and it ’s true . Here in New England , even the Rosemary has to be brought in , and so many large clay bathtub and pots come it , that even this potting bench has very little elbow room on it . The upper shelves in the centre are strong , so I can lift large vat of lemons and camellia onto them , also , the cieling is 18 feet tall in spite of appearance , I can stand on these upper benches in the middle , and take the air around without touch the ceiling . Now that I cut down the marvelous Acacia trees , there is even more elbow room ( and sun ) . I plan to only bring in 2/3rd ’s of what come back in last yr , so that I can have way for unexampled affair . MY list of must - gets are recollective , a heavy sand bench for alpines , a collecting of tropical Rhododenron from Borneo , some R. Madennii species , new Cymbidiums , and some semi hardy shrubs . But now that Joe want ’s half of the greenhouse , I may have to clean out more ! Yes , this nursery has a little moment of everything . Pots of Nerine sarniensis just after their first lacrimation of the season . I time it to match the first drop in temperature , crepuscle rain and the short twenty-four hour period length . In a couple of weeks , the flower bud will start emerging . These seedling Gasteria came from gardening friend Roy Herold , he shared some of his crosses this leaping . They have already doubled in size of it . The pot are from my kiln , not quite Guy Wolf , but incur better ( and larger ) . I love Gasteria , especially when viewed as a solicitation . They all seem to flower for me in March , and their tenacious flower stem are so interesting with their elusive multifariousness in bloom and leaf color . RIght now , the larger pots are open air mother as much sunshine as they can take on the step of the pack of cards , but in a few week , they will be relocated back under glass along with these .
These Primula Primula polyantha loanblend are fromBarnhaven Primrosesin France . The owners visited us this springtime , when they we ’re here for the American Primrose Society national show at Tower Hill Botanic Garden . ) Joe was elect national Chief Executive at that confluence , so since I am expecting more primrose guests in the year to come , I thought that we should have some nice var. in the garden . Barnhaven are the premiere rootage from polyanthus , the farm moved from Oregon in the 1930 ’s , to the UK , and then France .
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