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  • Autumn’s Glory-The Rarely Available FALL BLOOMING Bulbs

    Jun 21, 2019 Categories: Beneficial Bugs, Bulbs, Container Plants, Growing Instructions, Perennials, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized

    The Naked Lady Lily Autumn’s Glory- The Rarely Available FALL BLOOMING Bulbs We welcome nearly 1000 new subscribers to our newsletter. If you are receiving this newsletter for the first time, you provided Harvesting History with your email address in exchange for a free seed packet at one of the early 2019 flower shows or outdoor garden festivals. At this time of year, we publish our newsletter once every 2 weeks with the exception of July 1, July 2, July 3, and July 4. During those 4 days each year we publish a little known but remarkable, true story about the creation of this country and therole that horticulture may have played. We hope you enjoy and learn something from these historically based newsletters, and that as a result you

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  • Pineapple Lily, Reuben – 2 Bulbs Per Package

    May 12, 2020

    PINEAPPLE LILY, Reuben FULL SUN Pineapple Lilies were introduced into Europe and the British Isles in 1760. The species was E. autumnalis. 23 years later, E. comosa, the species which is now most frequently cultivated was introduced. Today E. comosa Reuben and E. comosa Sparkling Beauty grace few American gardens, but their popularity is growing and this is great! The scientific name of the Pineapple Lily is Eucomis which means “beautiful headed” and refers to the tuft of leaves which forms at the very top of the blossom and resembles the top of a pineapple fruit, hence the nickname “Pineapple Lily”. The plants are indigenous to South Africa, particularly the Natal, Eastern Cape and Transvaal areas. They actually belong to the Lily family, and they are a

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  • Pineapple Lily, Sparkling Burgundy – 2 Bulbs Per Package

    May 12, 2020

    PINEAPPLE LILY, Sparkling Burgundy FULL SUN Pineapple Lilies were introduced into Europe and the British Isles in 1760. The species was E. autumnalis. 23 years later, E. comosa, the species which is now most frequently cultivated was introduced. Today E. comosa Reuben and E. comosa Sparkling Beauty grace few American gardens, but their popularity is growing and this is great! The scientific name of the Pineapple Lily is Eucomis which means “beautiful headed” and refers to the tuft of leaves which forms at the very top of the blossom and resembles the top of a pineapple fruit, hence the nickname “Pineapple Lily”. The plants are indigenous to South Africa, particularly the Natal, Eastern Cape and Transvaal areas. They actually belong to the Lily family, and they are

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  • The Rare Bulbs Native to the United States

    Sep 19, 2019 Categories: Bulbs, Growing Instructions, Perennials, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized

    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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  • Critter Resistant, Rare and Beautiful-The Best Early Spring Bulbs For Nourishing Pollinators

    Sep 05, 2019 Categories: Bulbs, Container Plants, Growing Instructions, Perennials, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized

    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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  • For An Extraordinary Fall & Winter Garden-7 Herbs That Must Be Planted In August 2019

    Aug 05, 2019 Categories: Annuals, Bulbs, Container Plants, Garlic, Growing Instructions, Perennials, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Vegetables

    Arugula For An Extraordinary Fall & Winter Garden- 7 Herbs That Must Be Planted In August 2019 The Second Season has begun! In the past two newsletters, we talked briefly about 7 flowers and 7 vegetables that must be planted in August. Now let’s begin a discussion of herbs that must be planted in August. FIRST, some of our newsletter topics are now available on YouTube. We will include a YouTube link whenever there is a YouTube video from Harvesting History that relates to a subject in the newsletter. The Second Gardening Season for most herb gardeners throughout the US begins at the end of June or early July. It is the time to plant cold tolerant crops that will flourish in the cool autumn nights. Unlike planting in the spring where each

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  • For An Extraordinary Fall & Winter Garden – 7 Vegetables That Must Be Planted In August 2019

    Aug 05, 2019 Categories: Annuals, Bulbs, Container Plants, Growing Instructions, Perennials, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Vegetables

    Dinosaur Kale For An Extraordinary Fall & Winter Garden - 7 Vegetables That Must Be Planted In August 2019 The Second Season has begun! We talked briefly about 7 flowers that must be planted in August in our last newsletter. Now let’s begin a discussion of vegetables that must be planted in August. FIRST, some of our newsletter topics are now available on YouTube. We will include a YouTube link whenever there is a YouTube video from Harvesting History that relates to a subject in the newsletter. The Second Gardening Season for most vegetable gardeners throughout theUS begins at the end of June or early July. It is the time to plant cold tolerant crops that will flourish in the cool autumn nights. Unlike planting in the spring where each day is growing

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  • Last Call for Flower Bulbs

    Nov 03, 2018 Categories: Bulbs, Seeding the Future

    Camassia Cusickii Buy Now for Fall Planting We have spent nearly 6 weeks discussing the bulbs of spring, and this will be our last newsletter on this subject for the 2018 season. I hope you have enjoyed some of these newsletters. I believe that the more you know about the stories behind these flowers, the more you will love and cherish them.With respect to planting these flower bulbs, the time hascome. In Hardiness Zones 1-4, you should be planting now. You have at most 2-3 weeks left. I n Hardiness Zones 5-7, you can start now and you have until the beginning of January. In Hardiness Zones 8-9, you can start planting in mid-November and continue through the Christmas holidays, but in Zones 8-9 you should refrigerate the bulbs for at least 8 weeks before planting . Whether

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  • Forced Bulbs

    Oct 05, 2018 Categories: Annuals, Container Plants, Growing Instructions, Seeding the Future

      Forcing bulbs is a process by which you trick spring flowering bulbs into blooming in the middle of winter. Forcing bulbs is an ancient tradition practiced by Europeans since the late 17th century. Anna Pavord, in her landmark book, Bulb, wrote, “Keen plantsmen soon discovered that it was possible to force hyacinths into bloom earlier than Nature intended. Nehemiah Grew, secretary of the Royal Society (Britain) and a pioneer in the painstaking business of finding out how plants are made, had already in 1682 observed that the hyacinth’s flower buds were formed in the bulb the previous season and that it might be possible to tickle them into bloom ‘by keeping the Plants warm, and thereby enticing the young lurking Flowers to  come abroad.’ We need to

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  • Critter Resistant Spring Bulbs – Species Tulips, Part I

    Sep 07, 2018 Categories: Annuals, Seeding the Future

    Species Tulips Before we start into this newsletter, I must issue the following disclaimer: 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, cactus and the lovely tulips I am about to describe. In my garden, where there are plenty of deer every day, these tulips are not touched, but even I know that at some future date they may be consumed. For those of us in 21st century America, the species tulips are a wonder. These are the original wild tulips collected from Persia, the Caucasus, Africa, Southern Europe, etc. Even today, wild species

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