We have an early blooming Hymenocallis that we are looking at in our fields. The most common Hymenocallis in gardens around the south is the H. ‘Tropical Giant’ variety, and the most common Hymenocallis found natively in open fields, swamps, etc. is the H. liriosme. Based on it’s aggressive growth (look at the roots above [...]

It is warming up out here, letting us know that summer is upon us. The grasshoppers are beginning to show up everywhere! I took a walk through our old field where I have left some bulbs including a row of pink Crinum powellii. Enjoy the pictures. I am going to weed eat around our wax [...]

It remains hot, windy, and dry…the perfect recipe to dry out leaves and stress plants. Looks like we might have some rain on the way though. A lady recently read about our story in the Southern Living Magazine and wrote in: “If you’re still looking for bulbs there’s a remarkable farmhouse – now-derelict and abandoned [...]

I seem to be on the road even more these days, but I am back at the farm keeping things clean. My lack of time on the farm is a testimony to the strength of the bulbs. Even in the now drier weather, they grow and bloom without irrigation…and what a show they put on! [...]