Flowers for Every Garden

What to order, when to plant it and how to keep it alive: a 1920s gardener's working notes on bulbs, annuals, perennials and roses, down to the fourteen perennials she would not garden without.

The Early Bulb Order

5 pages in this part of Flowers for Every Garden.

The Early Bulb Order

A LITTLE exclamation of surprise always accompanies the first bulb catalogue of the season that one takes out of the mail bag. "What! Bulb…

The Early Bulb Order: Narcissus

Narcissus Of narcissus one is tempted to order a generous number, some to be planted within the confines of the garden, some to be…

The Early Bulb Order: Barri

Narcissus Barri. A very short trumpet, less than one third the length of the perianth. Coloring, all yellow or with bright orange cup…

The Early Bulb Order: Cottage

Tulips When one turns over the pages of a catalogue and comes upon the long list of tulips, one feels more hopelessly bewildered than ever…

The Early Bulb Order: Tulipa

Tulipa kaufmanniana and Tulipa clusiana are two of the little Species or Botanical tulips, and a few should be included in every order…

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