I’m so glad you asked what I was doing at work this weekend, Martin. It gives me the perfect excuse to talk about this year’s United Way campaign, which is kicking off right now, from this very desk. This weekend I reviewed the literature United Way sent, and we are all going to be shocked, [...]
Hi Kay! I thought us Garden Center folks were the only ones around today, and here you are blogging! Come by and look at the new Amaryllis we just got in if you get the chance. They’re pretty amazing. Martin
Dear Ebbett: Notice I said x Pardancanda — I may be ignorant, but I’m teachable! What fascinates me, now that I see the catalog proofs in color, is the way the spent blooms are wound up tight, like a dishtowel being wrung out. They’re nearly as pretty, in their own way, as the open blooms! [...]
Dear Kay, Couldn’t help adding my scant knowledge to what Tamsin’s already given you about the origin of x Pardancanda. It’s kind of an interesting story, the way all these old plant-hunting tales are. It begins in 1936, when a fellow named Rex Pearce (used to own a nursery name of Pearce Seed) got a [...]
Just thought I’d end our week by sharing these photos from the costume contest on Tuesday. Do you recognize your favorite Internet dept. folks?
It has been a week, hasn’t it? But you’ll be pleased to know, Kay, that I’ve found a Rose to end all Roses for spring. And that’s all I’m going to say on the subject. Now, your Pardancanda question. That’s x Pardancanda, if you please — it’s an intergeneric cross of Belamcanda chinensis x Pardanthopsis [...]
Dear Tamsin and Ebbett: Do either of you know the origin of Pardancanda norrisii? I was entering information about the new variety we’re offering this spring, and I was surprised to read that the original was developed at Park! Why have I never heard this claim to fame for our sister company? Curiously, Kay Product [...]