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Friday, September 15, 2017

Colchicum 'Glory of Heemstede'

Colchicum 'Glory of Heemstede'
One of the old hybrids apparently originating form the Dutch suburb of Heemstede, one of the major bulb growing regions in the Netherlands. Apparently Linneaus spent some time here way back in the day. I just snapped a pic of one of the pots because I liked the way the light was hitting it, but this hyrbid is one of the great colonizers and I'll post up some pics of the patches of it around the gardens and grounds. I would say we are entering the mid season bloom period now with the fall bloomers.

I should try to be more educational with this blog so here ya go:



Note the subterranean ovaries? We will explore this adaptation in an upcoming blog entry

Glad to have gotten some nice pics when I did, rain is in the forecast for later this weekend and according to some of the long range weather forecasters and bloggers, it looks like we have la nina developing after early predictions of a neutral winter. Could this weekend be the true end of summer and the start of Oregon's legendary rainy season? Stay tuned to find out.

Cheers,

Mark
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