Allium Schubertii – The Firecracker Allium The Alliums You Rarely See IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION: THE NEW FREEDOM HEIRLOOM BULB SALE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY-SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12-13, 2019 IN THE PARKING LOT NEXT TO 60 EAST HIGH STREET, NEW FREEDOM, PA. THIS WILL BE COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND, NOT THE WEEKEND FOLLOWING COLUMBUS DAY. ALL OF THE BULBS DISCUSSED IN THIS NEWSLETTER ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE BY CLICKING ON THIS LINK: https://harvesting-history.com/product-category/flower-bulbs-tubers/bulbs-for-fall-planting/tulips/species-tulips/ FOR SPECIFIC BULBS, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE “BUY NOW” BUTTON LOCATED ON EACH PHOTO AND THAT BUTTON WILL TAKE YOU TO THE WEBPAGE WHICH DISCUSSES THAT BULB This year Harvesting History’s fall newsletter series is going to focus on spring flowering bulbs that are critter resistant and great plants for nourishing pollinators. In the last six newsletters, we discussed Rock Garden Irises (Iris reticulatas), Chionodoxas (Glory of the Snow), Galanthus (Snowdrops),
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Erythronium Tuoluminense Pagoda The Rare Bulbs Native to the United States IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION:THE NEW FREEDOM HEIRLOOM BULB SALE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY-SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12-13, 2019 IN THE PARKING LOT NEXT TO 60 EAST HIGH STREET, NEW FREEDOM, PA.THIS WILL BE COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND, NOT THE WEEKEND FOLLOWING COLUMBUS DAY. ALL OF THE BULBS DISCUSSED IN THIS NEWSLETTER ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE BY CLICKING ON THIS LINK: https://harvesting-history.com/product-category/flower-bulbs-tubers/bulbs-for-fall-planting/tulips/species-tulips/ FOR SPECIFIC BULBS, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE “BUY NOW” BUTTON LOCATED ON EACH PHOTO AND THAT BUTTON WILL TAKE YOU TO THE WEBPAGE WHICH DISCUSSES THAT BULB This year Harvesting History’s fall newsletter series is going to focus onspring flowering bulbs that are critter resistant and great plants for nourishing pollinators. In the last six newsletters, we discussed Rock Garden Irises(Iris reticulatas), Chionodoxas (Glory of the Snow), Galanthus (Snowdrops),Hyacinthoides (Bluebells)
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TULIPA HUMILIS ALBA COERULEA OCULATA The Ancient Wild Tulips- Genuinely Critter Resistant IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION: THE NEW FREEDOM HEIRLOOM BULB SALE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY-SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12-13, 2019 IN THE PARKING LOT NEXT TO 60 EAST HIGH STREET, NEW FREEDOM, PA. THIS WILL BE COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND, NOT THE WEEKEND FOLLOWING COLUMBUS DAY. ALL OF THE BULBS DISCUSSED IN THIS NEWSLETTER ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE BY CLICKING ON THIS LINK: https://harvesting-history.com/product-category/flower-bulbs-tubers/bulbs-for-fall-planting/tulips/species-tulips/ FOR SPECIFIC BULBS, YOU CAN CLICK ON THE “BUY NOW” BUTTON LOCATED ON EACH PHOTO AND THAT BUTTON WILL TAKE YOU TO THE WEBPAGE WHICH DISCUSSES THAT BULB This year Harvesting History’s fall newsletter series is going to focus on spring flowering bulbs that are critter resistant and great plants for nourishing pollinators. In the last four newsletters, we discussed Rock Garden Irises (Iris
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Iris Reticulatas Critter Resistant, Rare and Beautiful- The Best Early Spring Bulbs For Nourishing Pollinators Each fall, Harvesting History creates a series of newsletters about flower bulbs that must be planted in autumn so that they can produce magnificent flowers throughout the spring. For the past 15 years we have noticed a decline in interest on the part of the gardening public when it comes to spring bulbs. The decline is the result of critters which eat the bulbs throughout the winter or devour the blossoms just as they are about to burst into blossom throughout the spring. All the hard work of the fall produces little or no results in the spring. This year, we are going to focus on bulbs that, for the most part, are critter
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Chionodoxa The Snowdrops and Glories of the Snow- True Harbingers of Spring This year Harvesting History’s fall newsletter series is going to focus on spring flowering bulbs that are critter resistant and great plants for nourishing pollinators. In the last newsletter we discussed Iris reticulatas. In this newsletter we are going to focus on two bulbs that all of you have seen in the older gardens of historic neighborhoods, but may not have known their names. They are some of the most welcome sites of early spring and in the case of Snowdrops an international symbol of hope. Chionodoxa, known as ‘The Glory of the Snow’, and Galanthus, the much beloved ‘Snowdrop’, are both tiny plants which produce multiple flower stems. They are all critter resistant which probably accounts for
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SPECIES TULIP – T. ACUMINATA, THE FIRE FLAME TIP The Ancient Miracle Tulips- Genuinely Critter Resistant This year Harvesting History’s fall newsletter series is going to focus on spring flowering bulbs that are critter resistant and great plants for nourishing pollinators. In the last three newsletters, we discussed Rock Garden Irises (Iris reticulatas), Chionodoxas (Glory of the Snow), Galanthus (Snowdrops) and Hyacinthoides (Bluebells). In this newsletter we are going to begin to focus on the Species Tulips. We will discuss Species Tulips for the next 3 newsletters. I am about to describe for you 4 species tulips that I will tell you deer don’t eat, BUT all of you need to know that when deer are stressed enough, they will eat anything and everything. This includes thorny holly leaves,
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English Bluebells Bluebells-From the English Woods to the Gardens of America This year Harvesting History’s fall newsletter series is going to focus on spring flowering bulbs that are critter resistant and great plants for nourishing pollinators. In the last two newsletters, we discussed Rock Garden Irises (Iris reticulatas) and Chionodoxas (Glory of the Snow) and Galanthus (Snowdrops). In this newsletter we are going to focus on the Bluebells (Hyacinthoides). The Bluebells are native to the Mediterranean region and have born numerous scientific names. Originally, they were thought to be hyacinths and then a form of giant scilla. Then they were renamed Endymion after the Greek god who was blessed with perpetual youthfulness through perpetual sleep. Today they belong to their own species, Hyacinthoides, and are commonly known as
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Tried to Grow Onions and Failed – Here’s the Secret to Success Fall Planting – Onions As gardeners we have come to think of autumn as the end of the gardening season. It is anything but the end. Autumn, for each of you, represents the beginning of next year’s gardening season, and there is no better way to begin next year’s season than by planting onions, shallots and elephant garlic. Today, we are going to discuss onions, a vegetable that can or should be planted in the fall. Onions can be planted in the fall for a mid-summer crop. They can also be planted in the spring for a late autumn or early winter crop. Onions are one of the most important home garden crops available for cultivation today.
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Polish Hardneck The Porcelain and Turban Garlics Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About GARLIC!! The Porcelain and Turban horticultural groups of garlic were basicallyunknown in the US until very recently. They are both very distinctive, but for different reasons. They are both hardneck varieties, so it is essential to plant them in the fall. The Porcelains can best be described with one word – impressive. The plants are huge, with incredibly thick stems up to 1 inch in diameter and statuesque. They can reach a height of 7 feet, but mine never have. My Porcelains areusually about 3 feet tall. You should probably leave more distance between these plants – 9 inches between cloves and 2 feet between rows. Without a doubt, though, the most impressive characteristic of the Porcelains
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