I do not want to plant lilies at all. I hate to think how those bright red lily beetles can zone in. Living in the back of beyond well away from all human contact they still arrive. Do they travel about in prototype drones?
Tag: Avon Bulbs
This list makes me drool with anticipation
For pure poetry just read this about Dichelostemma Ida-Maia: “Spectacular red, yellow and green coloured flowers, shaped like cigars, opening at the tip of a wiry stem. Named after the daughter of a Californian stage coach-driver and pollinated in the wild by humming-birds”.
The World’s Best Nurseries Series No 2.
I have never been to Avon Bulbs in person. Once a year in autumn, a parcel arrives with contents looking like an upmarket take-away. Whispery paper bags with a twist and drizzle of shredded paper. Inside, the new bulbs, salivated over previously on their stand at Chelsea. Or in the Avon Bulbs catalogue. The owner,…