Jim's Garden Notes http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/ This is a record of the day to day flowers, plants, and events in the garden, patio, and greenhouse here in Jim's garden and greenhouse in central Indiana (USA). en-us Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:30:00 GMT Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:30:00 GMT Gardens and Greenhouses 120 Clivia Bloom Continues http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.htmmar07.10 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201003.html#e2 Clivia Pretty Pink, Solomone Pink, Tessa in bloom More Clivia Blooms http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.htmmar02.10 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201003.html#e1 More Clivia flowers opening; comments from correspondence. Color Charts http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.htmlfeb26.10 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201002.html#e8 Color charts specifically for Clivia; the world-standard RHS Colour Chart. Clivia Hybrids http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.htmlfeb23.10 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201002.html#e7 Peach hybrids of Clivia from Conway's 'Tessa'. Arisaema in February http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.htmlfeb22.10 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201002.html#e6 Startng seeds; hastening growth; hardy species; Arisaema in pots. Clivia Crosses http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.htmlfeb20.10 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201002.html#e5 Clivia crosses from Spring 2009: initial evaluations of fertility Fertilizers http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.htmlfeb17.10 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201002.html#e4 Plant Foods for Bulbs, your best N-P-K Hippeastrum http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.htmlfeb15.10 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201002.html#e3 Hippeastrum (amaryllis) in bloom Winter Pastime http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.htmlfeb14.10 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201002.html#e2 Birds visiting the feeders Clivia in Bud http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.htmlfeb06.10 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201002.html#e1 Clivia starting to show flower buds. Hippeastrum in bloom and aulicum set seeds. Midwest Clivia Group http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.htmljan26.10 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201001.html#e5 Meeting March 13, 2010, in Westfield, Indiana. Can You Grow Bulbs in Clay? http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.htmljan23.10 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201001.html#e4 Galanthus, Lycoris, Colchicum, Sternbergia; Lasagna Method of building flower beds. Repotting in Winter http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.htmljan19.10 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201001.html#e3 Repotting Scadoxus puniceus; Facebook virus threat. Avoiding Chores http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.htmljan16.10 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201001.html#e2 Postponing chores. Rediscovery of Haemanthus avasmontanus? Creating a Glossary. 2. http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.htmljan05.10 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/201001.html#e1 Conundrum of epigeal and hypogeal. Creating a Glossary http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec28 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200912.html#e9 Ceating the Glossary. Glossary of Plant Biology on-line. Miscellany. http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec23 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200912.html#e8 Local weather. Glossary of Plant Biology on-line. Species non-definition. Peach Clivia. 2. http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec22 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200912.html#e7 Solomone Pink Clivia Peach Clivia. 1 Modification. http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec21 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200912.html#e6 Addition of a link Peach Clivia. 1. http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec20 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200912.html#e5 Clivia 'Tessa', 'Ellexa', 'Victorian Peach', 'Cameron Peach' Red Clivia. 2. http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec15 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200912.html#e4 Clivia 'Doris', 'Abigail', 'Jean Delphine', Solomone Reds, and Pen Henry's Reds Red Clivia. 1. http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec13 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200912.html#e3 Breeding red clivias Winter Weather http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec12 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200912.html#e2 Winter Weather Flowers for the Holidays. 2. http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec06 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200912.html#e1 Clivia blooming for Christmas Flowers for the Holidays http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#nov29 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200911.html#e8 Poinsettias, Amaryllis (Hippeastrum), Cyclamen, Paperwhite Narcissus Seed Dispersal and Red Lists http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#nov21 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200911.html#e7 Seed dispersal in Trillium; South African Red List; Narcissus cantabricius foliosus; Dearth of Coffee Shops not Starbucks Planting Bulbs http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#nov18 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200911.html#e6 Planting bulbs late; dwarf Narcissus species; the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Weather http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#nov15 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200911.html#e5 Local weather; bloom in the greenhouse Conservation by Intervention http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#nov12 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200911.html#e4 Assisted Plant Migration and other approaches to plant conservation Odds and Ends http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#nov11 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200911.html#e3 DNA barcodes for plants, more growing Nerine from seed Indian Summer http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#nov09 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200911.html#e2 El Nino, Hardy South African Gladiolus Nerine Again http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#nov03 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200911.html#e1 White Nerine bowdenii; Growing Nerine from seeds. Transition to Winter. 2. http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#oct27 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200910.html#e4 Crocus cartwrightianus, Nerine sarniensis 'Exbury Renoir', Nerine sarniensis 'Dame Alice Godman', Nerine bowdenii 'Koen's Hardy' Transition to Winter http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#oct23 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200910.html#e3 Colchicum atropurpureum, Sternbergia lutea, and Crocus nudiflorus Nerine Autumn Bloom http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#oct17 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200910.html#e2 Nerine bowdenii, Nerine filifolia, Colchicum atropurpureum, Sternbergia lutea Haemanthus Hybrids http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#oct01 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200910.html#e1 Old and New Haemanthus Hybrids UC Berkeley Botanical Garden Does Mail Order Now http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#sep28 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200909.html#e7 UC Berkeley Botaincal Garden; Haemanthus inquiry; Burgundy Haemanthus Hybrid Some Cacti Sources; Fall is Here http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#sep21 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200909.html#e6 Where to buy hardy cacti. Chestnuts are ripening. Some Cacti Are Tough http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#sep16 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200909.html#e5 Hardy cacti for the Midwest; garden markers and labels. Time to Repot Winter-growing Plants http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#sep14 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200909.html#e4 Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:15:00 EDT Dividing and Repotting Bulbs Positive Side of Autumn Coming http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#sep12 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200909.html#e3 Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:00:00 EDT Colchicum, Cyrtanthus, and Nerine in bloom. Outdoor Bloom Season Nearing its End http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#sep06 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200909.html#e2 Sun, 06 Sep 2009 13:00:00 EDT Colchicum, Hymenocallis, Brunsvigia, Scadoxus, and Lycoris blooming It's Been a Long Spring and Summer! http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#sep03 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200909.html#e1 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:20:00 EDT Spring Trillium trip. Albino flowers. Haemanthus are blooming. Peach and Pink Clivias http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#mar07 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200903.html#e1 Sat, 07 Mar 2009 11:00:00 EST Clivias are blooming. Today we look at peach and pink flowered clivias. Snow outside, Flowers inside http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#jan29 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200901.html#e2 Thu, 29 Jan 2009 15:30:00 EST Weather. Yellow Cyrtanthus. Lachenalia bulbifera. Haemanthus pauculifolius. Massonia echinata? Old Dog Homer. Depths of Winter http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#jan14 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200901.html#e1 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:30:00 EST Politics. Weather. Old Dog. Flowers in bloom. Gardening in a Recession http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec17 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200812.html#e2 Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:30:00 EST How much? What to grow? Homework! To garden or not to garden? Flowers for the Season http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#dec15 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200812.html#e1 Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:30:00 EST Poinsettias, Dutch Amaryllis, and Orchids Comments on Nerines from John Weagle http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#nov27 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200811.html#e3 Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:30:00 EST Hardy Nerine in Nova Scotia, Nerine from Sir Peter Smithers, hardy Crocosmia. The Future of Plant Societies http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#nov20 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200811.html#e2 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:30:00 EST How can our traditional plant societies survive in the Internet Age? Haemanthus Development http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#nov09 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200811.html#e1 Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:30:00 EST New Haemanthus hybrids and tetraploid Haemanthus New Zealand Reprise http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#oct31 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200810.html#e3 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:30:00 EDT Summing up New Zealand Auckland http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/index.html#oct17 http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/200810.html#e2 Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:30:00 EDT Belated continuation of trip narration.