The Bulb Hunter /

Dubbed the Bulb Hunter in a 2006 New York Times feature story, Chris Wiesinger took his passion for bulbs to vacant lots, abandoned houses, cemeteries, and construction sites throughout the South in search of botanical survivors whose descendants had never seen the inside of a big-box chain store. T...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Wiesinger, Chris
Autres auteurs: Welch, William C. (William Carlisle), 1939-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: College Station, Texas : Texas A & M University Press, 2013
Édition:First edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
Bulbes > Varietes anciennes > Multiplication.
Bulbes > Varietes anciennes > États-Unis (Sud)
Bulbs (Plants) > Heirloom varieties > Propagation.
Bulbs (Plants) > Heirloom varieties > Southern States.
Southern States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction : the cabin
  • A little red tulip
  • People are like crinums
  • Lilies and bulbs that are called lilies
  • Rain lilies
  • Spider lilies say "Louisiana," and oxbloods say "Texas"
  • Our most valuable bulbs : Roman hyacinths, Byzantine gladiolus, and hardy amaryllis
  • Irises, rock garden, and Fischer
  • Seasons filled with daffodils
  • The cabin becomes a home
  • The bulb hunter's bulbs : a primer / William C. Welch
  • Bulbs in the evolution of a garden / William C. Welch
  • A Louisiana country garden : Mangham
  • A Texas city garden : Pebble Creek.

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