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  • Standard Gladiola, Priscilla-10 Corms

    Sep 16, 2020

    STANDARD GLADIOLA, Priscilla FULL SUN TO PARTIAL SHADE Priscilla is a study in gentle elegance. She is nearly a white glad with deeply ruffled, broad petals thinly edged with pale pink that, once in a while, deepens to rose pink. The blossoms are large, 3-4 inches in diameter. The most important fact that must be remembered when cultivating gladiolas is that they cannot stand wet feet. They need well drained soil, and if they do not have this, they will rot quickly. To plant gladiolas in the ground, dig trenches that are 8-10 inches deep and dust the holes with bone meal. Place the corms in the trenches, pointed side up with 3-4 inches between corms, and fill the trench with soil. Gladiolas prefer organically rich soil,

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  • Scilla, Litardieri

    Aug 25, 2020

    SCILLA, Litardieri Scilla litardieri, AKA the Meadow Squill, is a very unusual scilla. It is often slightly taller and much, much more opulent than its other scilla cousins. It produces broad pyramidal, blossom spires populated with lavender-royal blue florets. It is native to south and western Yugoslavia and was introduced in 1827. Scilla litardieri is deer and critter resistant and is an excellent pollinator plant. The plants are hardy from Hardiness Zone 4-8. For a presence in the garden at least 25 bulbs should be planted. This narcissus is a good forcer - 8 bulbs in a 6-7 inch pot. HZ: 4-8 6"-8" Early Season

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  • The Little Guys – Carpets of Spring Color-Puschkinias and Scillas

    Oct 07, 2019 Categories: Bulbs, Garlic, Growing Instructions, Perennials, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized

    Scilla Siberica Spring Beauty The Little Guys – Carpets of Spring Color – Puschkinias and Scillas 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/?s=scilla&post_type=product 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 To learn more about forcing bulbs in water or soil watch our videos on YouTube Forcing Bulbs in Water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6_v5Bwrymk&t=1s Forcing Bulbs in Pots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0C7cIArstA&t=1s This year Harvesting History’s fall newsletter series is going to focus on spring flowering bulbs that are critter

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  • Scilla, Siberica Spring Beauty

    Jun 27, 2017

    SCILLA, Siberica Spring Beauty Circa 1880. Known as the “Siberian Squill” it bears up to 6 sky blue flowers. Spreads like wildfire from the seeds. It is also a good forcer. HZ: 3-8 5” April

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  • The Rarest Color in Nature-Six Bulbs That Produce Dazzling Displays of Blue

    Oct 22, 2019 Categories: Bulbs, Container Plants, Growing Instructions, onions, Perennials, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized, Vegetables

    PHOTO OF MRS. JAMES’ ORIGINAL BLUE GARDEN FROM 1913 The Rarest Color in Nature- Six Bulbs That Produce Dazzling Displays of Blue ALL OF THE BULBS DISCUSSED IN THIS NEWSLETTER ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE AT THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://harvesting-history.com/product-category/flower-bulbs-tubers/bulbs-for-fall-planting/ FOR SPECIFIC FLOWER 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 At Harvesting History we often are asked to help customers choose flowers based on color. “I am looking for reds or purples or whites, etc” The most frequently requested color is true blue, not bluish purple or periwinkle blue, but true blue. Ironically, the rarest of all pure colors in the flower world is true blue. There are thousands, perhaps more, of bluish-purple blossoms, but true blue occurs

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  • The Essential Spring Flower-The Crocus

    Oct 07, 2019 Categories: Bulbs, Growing Instructions, Perennials, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized

    Narcissus Canaliculatis The Essential Spring Flower- The Crocus IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION: THE NEW FREEDOM HEIRLOOM BULB SALE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY-SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12-13, 2019 IN THE PARKINGLOT 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/?s=crocus&post_type=product 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 To learn more about forcing bulbs in water or soil watch our videos on YouTube. Forcing Bulbs in Water https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6_v5Bwrymk&t=1s Forcing Bulbs in Pots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0C7cIArstA&t=1s 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

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  • Spring in January? Forcing Bulbs For A Stunning Winter Indoor Garden

    Sep 28, 2019 Categories: Bulbs, Container Plants, Growing Instructions, Perennials, Pollinators, Seeding the Future, Uncategorized

    Triandus Narcissus, Thalia Spring in January? Forcing Bulbs For A Stunning Winter Indoor Garden Please follow this link to our Harvesting HistoryYouTube video available now entitled “Forcing Flower Bulbs in Water for a mid-winter indoor garden” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6_v5Bwrymk 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 This year Harvesting History’s fall

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  • Bluebells-From the English Woods to the Gardens of America

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

    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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  • 3 of the Spring’s Most Historic Flowers

    Oct 30, 2018 Categories: Annuals

    3 of the Spring’s Most Historic Flowers Hyacinthoides Non-scripta – The English Bluebell Buy Now for Fall Planting We will be finishing the “Bulb Newsletters” in the next 2 weeks because you may be tiring of the subject, but we wouldn’t be Harvesting History if we didn’t persist in trying to teach you about the finer points of heirloom gardening and this includes reminding you of when things absolutely must be done. With respect to planting these flower bulbs, the time has come. In Hardiness Zones 1-4, you should be planting now. You have at most 2-3 weeks left. In 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

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  • 7 Tulips Deer Don’t Eat

    Oct 15, 2018 Categories: Annuals, Growing Instructions, Seeding the Future, Vegetables

      Species Tulip - Acuminata Buy Now for Fall Planting! This is the third installment in a series about a remarkable class of tulips known as the Species Tulips. If you are archiving these newsletters the other two installments occurred on 9-8-2018 and 9-22-2018. For those of you who have deer, squirrels, bunnies, chipmunks and other critters that like to decimate the spring garden before it even sprouts, there are actually many bulbs that are critter resistant, in fact, there are tulips that are critter resistant. These tulips are known as Species Tulips. These are the original wild tulips collected from Persia, the Caucasus, Africa, Southern Europe, etc. Even today, wild species are still being discovered and cultivated for commercial sale. Understand, that after these wild species are collected and

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