Comments on: It just keeps getting better http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/it-just-keeps-getting-better/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sat, 25 May 2013 00:22:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Layanee http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/it-just-keeps-getting-better/comment-page-1/#comment-6200 Layanee Fri, 24 Apr 2009 13:57:47 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-6200 Kris: Gee, I guess I should clean out some beds! I hadn't heard of the Corralitas dahlia cuttings before and can't wait to see what develops! I'll bet the agave bloom hits the ceiling. Better open the skylight! <em>Layanee, I'll definitely keep you posted about the dahlias - looks like the way to go. Andthe agave came close to hitting the ceiling - may still - and bloomed yesterday all greenish brown. Can you imagine how excited I was?? -kris</em> Kris: Gee, I guess I should clean out some beds! I hadn’t heard of the Corralitas dahlia cuttings before and can’t wait to see what develops! I’ll bet the agave bloom hits the ceiling. Better open the skylight!

Layanee, I’ll definitely keep you posted about the dahlias – looks like the way to go. Andthe agave came close to hitting the ceiling – may still – and bloomed yesterday all greenish brown. Can you imagine how excited I was?? -kris

]]> By: Lynn http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/it-just-keeps-getting-better/comment-page-1/#comment-6148 Lynn Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:34:42 +0000 http://www.blithewold.org/blog/?p=2178#comment-6148 It's only in the past few days I've noticed real fragrance from simply standing near some flowers. The Japanese Magnolia (Tulip) Trees around Ithaca are stunning. It's really here! Your orders are exciting! Will the dahlia cuttings bloom their first year? I'm hoping that the tuber overwintering in the basement is still alive. Keep taking it all in! <em>Lynn, It's been so windy here that it's been hard to catch a wiff of anything - but that morning was foggy and perfectly still. We've been told - reassured - that the dahlia cuttings will grow and bloom just like ordering tubers - some of them had already started forming tubers, tiny as they are. I'll definitely keep you posted! -kris</em> It’s only in the past few days I’ve noticed real fragrance from simply standing near some flowers. The Japanese Magnolia (Tulip) Trees around Ithaca are stunning. It’s really here! Your orders are exciting! Will the dahlia cuttings bloom their first year? I’m hoping that the tuber overwintering in the basement is still alive. Keep taking it all in!

Lynn, It’s been so windy here that it’s been hard to catch a wiff of anything – but that morning was foggy and perfectly still. We’ve been told – reassured – that the dahlia cuttings will grow and bloom just like ordering tubers – some of them had already started forming tubers, tiny as they are. I’ll definitely keep you posted! -kris

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