Well the first chills of winter are with us here in Australia (Oz).
It is my delight to announce that Murray Cubis has another Bulb list out, just in time for a little winter cheer.
The beauty of his bulbs lies in their healthy large size and their marvellous low price.
AGAPANTHUS "Baby Blue" Popular, dwarf agapanthus with pale blue flowers in late spring and summer. Sun or shade 30-40cm $1.80 ea 5 for $8.00
AGAPANTHUS "Tas.Sapphire" Fully deciduous and very hardy hybrid with short and narrow, deep green tidy foliage and elegant 'orange' sized flowerheads of a nice mid blue shade.50-60cm Highly recommended. $4.00 ea
AGAPANTHUS hyb. Free flowering semi-dwarf, evergreen agapanthus raised by a Sydney nurseryman. Pale blue with deeper blue stripes. $3.00 ea
AGAPANTHUS INAPERTUS ALBUS White Drooping Agapanthus' Pendulous white tubular flowers on 60-80cm stems in summer. Very rarely offered deciduous agapnthus. $7.00 ea
AGAPANTHUS INAPERTUS Var.Hollandii "Drooping Agapanthus" Hardy and elegant deciduous species with umbels of pendulous sky blue tubular flowers in summer.Very free flowering 40-50cm. $5.00 ea
AGAPANTHUS "Purple Cloud" Grown from imported seed labelled as one of the darkest forms of agapanthus available commercially.Thus far seedling colour has been variable ranging from mid blue to deep blue flowers on large heads. $5.00 ea
AGAPANTHUS ORIENTALIS FLORE-PLENA 'Double Agapanthus' Evergreen, frost hardy variety of medium growth. Deep green leaves and large heads of fully double mid blue florets. A scarce offering-60cm $7.50ea Limit 1
ALLIUM CERNUUM Very attractive ornamental allium with pendulous rosy purple bell shaped flowers on 30cm stems in summer. $2.00 ea
ALLIUM CYATHOPHORUM Var. FERRARII Personal favourite allium. Densely packed heads of beautiful,pendulous reddish-purple flowers on 12-25cm stems from late Spring to early Autumn.An excellent garden plant requiring shade or semi-shade and adequate summer moisture. $2.50 ea
ALLIUM HYMENORHIZUM Possibly the first offering in Oz of this attractive drumstick-type allium.Dense heads of purplish-pink flowers on tall stems in late Spring,early Summer. Easy and hardy allium from western Siberia. 50-60cm. $3.00 ea limit One
ALLIUM OBLIQUUM Unusual lemon yellow golf ball sized heads of tighly packed flowers with strongly exerted stamens. Spring and summer 50cm. $2.50 ea
ALLIUM RUBENS A rather dwarf allium with comparitively large loose heads of rose-pink bell shaped flowers on 7-12cm stems throughout summer. Another first offering. $2.50 ea
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Nov 29, 2001 9:04 PM
In response to message posted by RayCox:
Hi Ray,
like tell it to someone who isn't :) We spent next years food money on b ...
-- posted by Gary
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Nov 29, 2001 4:01 AM
In response to message posted by Gary:
unfortunately I'm poor between now and the new year, too many presents to buy. ...
-- posted by RayCox
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Nov 29, 2001 1:11 AM
In response to message posted by Mary_Wise:
Gary Hugs Sheila,
what did you order and did your visitors of this afternoon ...
-- posted by Gary
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Nov 29, 2001 1:00 AM
My order is on its way too Gary, taking a punt on it being okay . 'Twas very nice of Sheila to forward the list much appreciated Sheila. ...
-- posted by Mary_Wise
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Nov 29, 2001 12:26 AM
In response to message posted by RayCox:
Hi Ray,
now I have placed my order with him; here is his new list :) :)
BULB ...
-- posted by Gary
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