Author Archives: Gabrielle

the skinny on flower bulbs

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Gabrielle

Bulbs are easy to grow, provided that you stick to some essentials. Probably no other plant group gives as much variety and pleasure to the gardener with so little effort. The unique thing about bulbs is that they need little … Continue reading →

Posted in Fall, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Gardening 101, Spring, summer | Tagged allium, begonia, bulbs, calladium, canna, chionodoxa, colchicums, corms, crocus, cyclamen, daffodil, daffodils, dahlias, fall, flower bulbs, flowers, fritillaria, garden, gladiolus, hyacinth, iris, muscari, oxalis, perennials, rhizome, Spring, tuber, tulips, tulipworld | 4 Comments

New growth, new blooms!

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Gabrielle

Everyday- when its not raining- I take walks around to see what new flower bulbs are sprouting and now blooming! Even though its often gloomy and dark because of all the clouds and so many days of rain (what is … Continue reading →

Posted in Fall, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Spring, Urban Gardening | Tagged allium, bulbs, chionodoxa, daffodils, flower bulbs, flowers, frittilaria, garden, hyacinth, oxalis, tulipworld | Comments Off

Beautiful Bulbs & Perennials!

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Gabrielle

Guest post from my friend/flower freak/garden designer/fellow blogger! Between shaking off the winter blooms and gearing up for summer activities, it’s going to be a busy and exciting … Continue reading →

Posted in Fall, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Gardening 101, Spring, summer | Tagged allium, chionodoxa, crocus, daffodils, geraniums, grape hyacinth, guest blogger, hostas, hyacinths, muscari, perennial, rhinestonecontessa, snowdrops, tulips | Comments Off

My Begonia update and losing spring

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Gabrielle

My first sign of life for my Apricot/Scarlet Begonia- after 1 week! Do you remember when I said we had unseasonably warm weather on April 10, when it was 80°. How wonderful that day was! Well, 1 week after on … Continue reading →

Posted in Container Gardening, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Spring | Tagged allium, begonia, bulbs, chionodoxa, flowers, frost, puschkinia, Spring, squill, tulips | Comments Off

a mother and a gardener

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Gabrielle

I have read many tidbits and quotes about how mothering is like gardening. Gentle, tender loving care and nurturing….. blah, blah, blah. I am not a “hard core” gardener. I love plants, bushes, etc. I love to plant, design, … Continue reading →

Posted in Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Spring, summer | Tagged allium, bulbs, difficult, finiky, flowers, garden, hard core, hard work, indoor, kids, mother, parenting, plants, tulps, vacation | 2 Comments

My Spring has come!

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Gabrielle

This past Sunday it was 80 degrees in WI. That has happened here in late May, but I never remember it ever happening in April. I was just recovering from some horrible infection attacking my sinuses and lymph nodes- but … Continue reading →

Posted in Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Spring | Tagged allium, bulbs, chinodoxa, crocus, daffodils, flower bulbs, flowers, fritillaria, garden, hyacinth, iris, Spring, tulips, tulipworld | 5 Comments

Unique Summer Flowering Bulbs

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Gabrielle

A flower that is not as popular- or not seen in everyone’s yard- almost makes it more attractive to me! I’m not sure that is saying much- since I have said before that I really want every flower! I just … Continue reading →

Posted in Container Gardening, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, summer | Tagged bowdenii nerine, festalis ismene, flower bulbs, gladiolus murielae, iron cross, italicum arum, lily bicolor eucomis, oaxlis, orange candle flower, oxalis, peruvian daffodil, pineapple lily, red hot poker, spider lily, torch lily, tropical, tuberose, unique | Comments Off

Ooh… the smell of Hyacinths

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Gabrielle

Hyacinth orientalis is the species from which all our garden hyacinths have been derived – the dutch hybrids. All hyacinths are very fragrant and excellent plants for containers and pots. With enough sweet fragrance of planted hyacinths to fill an … Continue reading →

Posted in Container Gardening, Fall, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Spring | Tagged blooms, bulbs, Dogwood, flower, fragrant, garden, hyacinth, orientalis, Spring, wisconsin | 5 Comments

Celebration!

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Gabrielle

Weddings, showers, garden party, birthday, Easter… I have gotten calls for flower bulbs for a baby shower, funeral, garden party, Easter and of course weddings in the last 3 months. My brother in-law and his bride recently gave yellow candies … Continue reading →

Posted in celebration, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Spring, summer | Tagged allium, amaryllis, anemone, baby shower, begonia, birthday, bulb, colors, crocus, daffodil, dahlia, easter, flower bulbs, freesia, funeral, galathus, garden, gardne party, gladiolus, glads, hyacinth, iris, lily, meaning, oxalis, party, phrases, ranunculus, showers, tulips, wedding favors, weddings | 8 Comments

Gardening with kids

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Gabrielle

Gardening and outdoor projects are one way to help connect young people and nature. Several studies have reported that gardening is great therapy for any age and also a help if they have ADHD or just plain lazy. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Fall, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Spring, summer, Urban Gardening | Tagged appreciate nature, bring family together, bulbs, children, daffodils, flower bulbs, flowers, garden, gardening, kids, long term memories, outdoor projects, own tools, Spring, tulips, vegetable, young | Comments Off