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Name: Mary (Marti) Nelson Ventura, CA Peace and long life
Thanks zuzu. I'm living with my son and DIL at their mobilehome so don't have much room here, BUT found a community garden about 1/2 mile from us and will rent a space there for $150 a yr and that includes water, mulch and garden tools. Here at the trailer, I will keep my mini-roses and daylilies once I remove bushes. The previous owner just planted this bushes and they are terrible. It's all green. I MUST have color. Plus I found buried under these bushes, camillas, and a pink hydrangea.
Tahlmorra lujhala mei wiccan
(The fate of a man rests always within the hands of the gods)
The community garden sounds ideal, Marti. You'll be able to do as much, or as little, as you want there. The hydrangea and camellia discovery sounds wonderful. I love finding hidden treasures in new gardens. I haven't moved for more than 25 years now, but when I was moving to new houses frequently, I tried not to do much digging until after the first spring, hoping that lots of exciting bulbs would pop up in unexpected places.
Name: Mary (Marti) Nelson Ventura, CA Peace and long life
I know how that goes. I have to get the bulbs I brought from KY planted. I found these bulbs growing wild in a field. I had never seen daffadils that looked like these. I shared some bulbs with friends and brought a handfull with me. This is a picture of them.
I tried contacting a bulb company but they couldn't ID it either.
Tahlmorra lujhala mei wiccan
(The fate of a man rests always within the hands of the gods)
It's almost time to buy bulbs again. Last year I bought a really cheap assortment of tulips at Costco and they turned out to be absolutely gorgeous. Later I bought another really cheap assortment of lilies and they also turned out to be absolutely gorgeous -- nothing but pastel shades. Either I'm really lucky or I'm just a flower floozy and think everything is absolutely gorgeous.
I think they are very unusual, will have to keep track of you in case you have plenty to spare next year.
I am not in Cal. but my great granddaughter is.
This is Lucy, in San Matao
