The Little Bulbs

A Late Summer Seductress

A Late Summer Seductress

“The season of squills need not end with spring...”

Elizabeth Lawrence, The Little Bulbs

Rarely do I refer to any flowering plant as a delicate workhorse, but Barnardia japonica, commonly known as autumn squill, deserves that association full-stop.

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A Single Bulb, A Legacy in Bloom

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A Single Bulb, A Legacy in Bloom

Last week, I had an incredible discovery: one of Elizabeth Lawrence’s original plant tags intertwined in the original hog-wire fencing on the west property line. As soon as I saw the tag, just hanging out with its “legs” wrapped around the fencing, my brain went all fizzy and buzzy…

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Lovely Lycoris, the Bewitching Bulbs, Part 2

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Lovely Lycoris, the Bewitching Bulbs, Part 2

In this segment, we’ll take a look at the last four lycoris to bloom in Elizabeth Lawrence’s garden, those that span August to the end of September.

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Lovely Lycoris, the Bewitching Bulbs, part 1

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Lovely Lycoris, the Bewitching Bulbs, part 1

There are few flowers that I long more to see each year than those of lycoris. There is something bewitching about these bulbs. Perhaps it is the way they spring from the ground seemingly overnight; perhaps it is their brief but spectacular flowering. The anticipation is like a siren that lures me in more every year.