Crinum ‘Mrs. James Hendry’ available
This is one of our favorite crinum bulbs, and we value it for the open blooms, good fragrance, nice foliage, repeat blooms, and strong stalks that don’t fall over when loaded with a big bloom. We never seem to have enough! However, our one-gallon potted crop is coming along nicely, and we are releasing some […]
Pink Rain Lily – Habranthus robustus
I’ve written about my favorite pink rain lily quite a bit in the past, but unfortunately some of my old blog posts have been deleted. As we head into the summer months, this is a good time to mention it again. About now, many of our spring bloomers are wrapping up and we’ve all been […]
Spider Lilies are Up
Hello All, Just a quick note to let you all know that we have posted two different selections for spider lily sales this year. Please see these links and enjoy! We’ll be sending out the full newsletter this Friday. As a pack of 3 jumbo bulbs for $12 As a pack of 3 regular bulbs […]
From the Farm! Blooming Now.
A quick check-in with Crinum x herbertii at the farm. https://www.southernbulbs.com/crinum-milk-wine-lily-small/ By the way, we had a sad moment in BulbHunter.com blog history. Our WordPress hosting with GoDaddy lapsed and our archives were deleted! We collected as much as we could with the Wayback Machine (https://archive.org/web/) but it was only so much. We’ll just have […]
September Speaking Schedule
Happy Thursday! Just wanted to give everyone a heads up on Chris’ speaking engagements that are open to the public this month! – Saturday, September 14, 10:00AM Tomball, TX– Bulbs and Buddies – The Arbor Gate The Arbor Gate’s Bulbs and buddies event kicks off at 10AM with a seminar presented by Chris and Heidi Sheesley […]
All The Crinums Are Blooming
The rain really has the crinums blooming on the farm for another spectacular round. We haven’t seen a great second bloom out of Crinum ‘Bradley’ but the milk and wine lilies (Crinum x herbertii) and ‘Carol Abbott’ bulbs are all on their 3rd bloom! Of course, the ‘Ellen Bosanquet’ bulbs, which are in their prime […]
How Many Grasshoppers Can You Count
How many grasshoppers can you count on this one stalk of crinum blooms?! Our milk and wine lilies continue to bloom, but the grasshoppers are starting to have a field day with the blooms. Does anybody have a suggestion for controlling grasshoppers?
Harvest Time!
We’ve begun to harvest our main rows of oxblood lilies and the crop is really looking great. Most of them were up by the morning. It’s getting to be the time of year where a bulb exposed in the direct sun for more than an hour can cook it right away. Oxbloods can be especially […]
Scrapping and Jasmine
Another day on the farm is done! I’ve realized, many times have I realized this, that work on a farm is never over. We had some old junk metal that I hauled to the scrap yard. Have you ever been to the scrap yard? It’s a place you can take any metal and walk away […]
Finally, my Cooperia drumondii bloomed
Adelaide, if you’re reading this, we should go walk the Trinity River trail and look for blooms of the Cooperia drumondii we planted 3 years ago. Mine are just now blooming! This is a native rain lily in Texas discovered by none other than the famous plantsman Thomas Drummond who explored across Louisiana and Texas […]