Native and Mediterranean climate bulbs are a perennial garden staple in this Southern California garden. Many popular as well as less traditional bulbs naturalize and return each year. Hanbury House blog shares a list of favorites to consider for Zone 10 gardeners.
* Iris Virus = A burning desire to learn everything there is about growing and caring for iris plants. A person with an iris virus reads tons of iris publications and surfs all of the known iris society web sites. The person with the virus may have just started growing irises, be an avid collector, or be an established grower/ hybridizer of irises. For me, it all started back in 1995, when a next door neighbor gave me two rhizomes…
Yes, you read that right: October is the start of the gardening season for those of us gardeners that happen to live in Southern California’s year round growing climate. For me personally, October is probably my busiest month for working in the garden. The scorching heat of summer and lack of rainfall make August and September the end of our local gardening season, with very few garden chores, other than things like dividing bearded irises. But by September, the last…