Friends of the Xeric Bulbs Size:XXL all sharing a fierce desire

all sharing a fierce desire to understand and defend the living planet: Rachel Carson

” (no shade to our rat friends)

and Queretaro

This specimen is just starting to come out of its winter dormancy and will grow back it's leaves soon

Friends of the Xeric Bulbs Size:XXL all sharing a fierce desireWinter in our greenhouse is marked by the waking up of wondrous South African succulents and bulbs, and of course, we made a tee about it. Heres a little poem we found scrawled on the inside cover of a book on Boophone, describing whats so special about plants from the Succulent Karoo. In the land of Succulent Karoo, Beneath the sun's warm golden hue, Lives a magic hidden from our sight, A secret world that blooms at night. Deep within the earth they