tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193243073610128607.post5041881836543196267..comments2023-10-30T06:39:13.884-07:00Comments on The Transitional Gardener: It's All Over But the Crinums...Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12538769872317933763noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193243073610128607.post-21435179126550911702013-04-11T05:50:42.347-07:002013-04-11T05:50:42.347-07:00Hi Jeff,
I have been growing seventy year old wi...Hi Jeff,<br /><br />I have been growing seventy year old wine and milk crimums bulbs (pass-along from Austin, TX) for the past<br />ten years. I would like to grow some from seed, and I have a lot of truly rare tropicals (seeds. bulbs, corms, clipping) to share or trade. I have noticed that crinum folks are pretty tight with sharing; but, I know why: these plants are stars.<br /><br />Please contact me at <br /><br />tropicalgardener@gamail.com<br /><br /><br />so I can send you my list.<br /><br />Thanks so much!<br /><br />Frank :)Tropicalgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00168825107040038584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193243073610128607.post-85145365148404802082009-06-24T09:42:00.739-07:002009-06-24T09:42:00.739-07:00Hi Jeff,
Nice post. I'm a Crinum enthusiast ...Hi Jeff,<br /><br />Nice post. I'm a Crinum enthusiast and hybridizer in Raleigh, NC. I blogged often in 2007, but stopped when I got way too busy with some work projects and never got started again. If you want to correspond about comparing performance of varieties in our climate and trading please contact me at the e-mail address in my profile.<br /><br />JayCrinumaniachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427872253390083515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193243073610128607.post-49431534734504720892008-11-17T22:07:00.000-08:002008-11-17T22:07:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193243073610128607.post-72852832304022983342008-08-17T19:54:00.001-07:002008-08-17T19:54:00.001-07:00Man, GREAT Pics and plants, I put a link on my ...Man, GREAT Pics and plants, I put a link on my site to your blog, hope that is ok..... pic my brain anytime but be warned a lot seems to have leaked out.... and while I am a lover of crinum, I'm not a scientist or anything like that - just a gardener with lots of chances to try things....jenksUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770124829592464867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193243073610128607.post-84123579484906580842008-08-17T19:54:00.000-07:002008-08-17T19:54:00.000-07:00Man, GREAT Pics and plants, I put a link on my ...Man, GREAT Pics and plants, I put a link on my site to your blog, hope that is ok..... pic my brain anytime but be warned a lot seems to have leaked out.... and while I am a lover of crinum, I'm not a scientist or anything like that - just a gardener with lots of chances to try things....Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03770124829592464867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193243073610128607.post-63526008019505264712008-08-14T13:52:00.000-07:002008-08-14T13:52:00.000-07:00Thanks Phillip - I'm really enjoying your blog, to...Thanks Phillip - I'm really enjoying your blog, too, and just recently had a chance to explore your other garden website. I hadn't fully realized the scope of your gardening efforts, and I'm impressed as well by the articles (real ones, published and everything) posted there. <BR/><BR/>Les, mine would have to be one cramped, somewhat unsightly botanical garden, but thanks for the kind thoughts! It's really more of a "plant zoo" which would never win accreditation by the horticultural version of the Humane Society :o). I did see Jenks Farmer's TV spot, and would really like to pick his brain on the subject of crinums at some point. I'm enjoying your TV appearances as well, when I can catch them. Good pruning advice the other day!<BR/><BR/>I'm with your wife and neighbor, but part of the problem is that those of us who get these extended breaks tend to get "spoiled" (as opposed to those of you who work year 'round...) I'm a creature of habit, and right now I'm really used to doing things when I feel like it, rather than on a schedule. It gets harder and harder to readjust to that every year as I get older - just human nature, I guess. BTW, my brother teaches second grade at Willoughby Elementary in Norfolk, and we both sympathize with folks who are doing your wife's job (it's called "ESOL" in Newport News - "English for speakers of other languages.")<BR/><BR/>Stay cool, guys!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12538769872317933763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193243073610128607.post-69569687471842409672008-08-13T09:19:00.000-07:002008-08-13T09:19:00.000-07:00Your collection is amazing, it could rival a botan...Your collection is amazing, it could rival a botanic gardens. Did you happen to see Jenks Farmer on an episode of Cultivating Life? He was in Charleston in an old garden he had helped the owners with. One of the topics was Crinums and they showed quite a bit of footage on the subject. He was dividing them and had one bulb that came close to the size of a medicine ball. I did not realize they could get so big. I myself have only two Crinums and they get virtually all shade and as a result are usually reluctant to bloom, and of course the nurseryman does not have any idea which one they are.<BR/><BR/>Good luck with school, I here from my neighbor who works for the NN school system that next week is it. She is a speech pathologist there. My wife is dreading her return to the Norfolk system. She is a foreign language teacher to kids who barely speak English.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193243073610128607.post-35839864371340945482008-08-11T20:51:00.000-07:002008-08-11T20:51:00.000-07:00A very informative post, I enjoyed it very much. W...A very informative post, I enjoyed it very much. What a beautiful plant.Phillip Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01546160918395373740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193243073610128607.post-46353038437449470162008-08-10T05:52:00.000-07:002008-08-10T05:52:00.000-07:00Hi Cosmo-Yep, they're all crammed in there, and th...Hi Cosmo-<BR/><BR/>Yep, they're all crammed in there, and then there are maybe a dozen other species and hybrids in pots, not because I don't think they'd be hardy, but because I can't find space for them yet (something always dies eventually, and something else inherits its location.) Thanks for the good wishes - I wish I could remain in denial about school, but I have to present an all-day workshop for 30 other elementary music teachers late next week, so I'm spending tons of time getting that material ready. The fun never ends!Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12538769872317933763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193243073610128607.post-25907560750952970952008-08-10T04:58:00.000-07:002008-08-10T04:58:00.000-07:00Hi, Jeff--I'm behind on my reading, but I'm so gla...Hi, Jeff--I'm behind on my reading, but I'm so glad I caught your posting on crinum--all of these are in your garden? It must be amazing! Thanks for suggesting the Ogden book--I love bulbs, but I need to do a little more research about what works best here. Happy return to school, I guess--we don't start until the end of the month (not thinking about it . . .)Cosmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260783700118031314noreply@blogger.com