Thoughts
Dear Esteemed Reader,
There is alway an urgency when one is placed at the crossroads where the emerging pips appear and the scandalous disobedient pest arrive. One must be prepared to roll up their sleeves and hustle the bustle.
Please enter for some alarming photos of shameful activities that will leave you appalled. Do not say that you have not been warned.
Truly Yours, Mistress & Author of Hartle-Gilman Gardens. ( for now )
Dear Esteemed Reader,
I would certainly urge one to make haste to the upcoming of the details that allow the diversity to prevail. Tho the garden may be in bloom one may have to contrite to the significance of reawakening with the need of sunlight, air and moisture after the long drawn out winters frozen state. Acquiring the knowledge of necessary cultures is easily solved if you dare to be adventuresome. Laying dormant is easily rectified if there is proper use of equipment and supplies.
To further seek contain culture, help Virginia Howie's illustrated characters lift the heavy pot to a more detailed location.
Truly Yours, Mistress & Author of Hartle-Gilman Gardens. ( for now )
Dear Esteemed Reader,
LISTEN CLOSELY, THE SEEDLINGS ARE AWAKENING---Resurgence
"Where there is one, there are always more!" A phase that Grandmother would always whisper while watching the emerging seeds germinate from beneath the amended soils. As a younger me, I would seem to ignore her chants as I casually went about my chores on the farm. --- Today, Dear Esteemed Reader, I caught myself whispering the words that echoed from long ago. Admittedly, I even had to stop and look over my shoulder believing that my Grandmother was right next to me. The seedlings that have had to move earth, become part of the living and evolving shifts of day into night and the waxing and waning of the moon. For further details, close out of this text and nudge the seedling imagery for the entirety of this thought.
More to be refreshed over the course of season V.
Truly Yours, Mistress & Author of Hartle-Gilman Gardens. ( for now )
Dear Esteemed Reader,
One always seems to be surrounded by numerous thoughts as we anticipate the unpredictable upcoming season. As we try not to attempt to be predictable, somehow we all have annual rituals that are imbedded within us at a genetic level. The entire process was less thoughtful than most seasons, with the designing of a planned detail of events. What vision I may have had, was genetically engineered in precise details creating what the first blooms were in truth, actually unfold to look like. Appearances that the designer thought long and hard over with all of the variables of structure, substance, viability, vigor and resistance of disease. Removing details that are locked into the lineage becomes very complex, but are we suppose to?('removing' off as many ancestral layers as possible.) Allowing seedlings to be what it was ment to be. Intermixed breeding, does one ever really lose all of the ancestral details. Having the fertile embryo absorb moisture, sunshine in the climate for potential growth. Moving it out of a comfort zone and into a whole new climate? This Legacy Project of Reemergence is simple, clearly no judgement. Allowing ebbs and flows as it was ment to be. Perhaps to dwell? (to live?) Speculation swirls like a tempestuous storm, fueled by mystery that is absent of her graceful presence since the dawn of the season. We actually hear the daring souls whisper the unthinkable-- could she have vanished without a trace, or perhaps worse, met an untimely demise? Yet Esteemed Reader, one has not turned her head or closed her eyes as the drama unfolds. We must remain sensible and vigilant in our pursuit of truth amidst the shadow of any deception. For one never knows what awaits. So for now, we will all have to await reemergence. For further details close out of this window of text and click on my Ai image for the entirety of this thought.
Truly Yours, Mistress and Author of Hartle-Gilman Gardens ( for now )
Dear Esteemed Reader,
The buzz of trying to cater to a broader agenda, yet there is the stillness as the murder returns for its feeding. I have to believe that it’s just a single flame that is enough to mark the stillness of the season that is upon us one more time. Thou it may resemble dark times there is a singleness of a quiet promise, as well as a companion, shielded, whispered and protected to the unseen world outside the window. How fortunate we are esteemed reader, that we too now temporarily reprieve, to feel that we too, have opportunity to once more take this moment and pause. So—- Now , I have placed my bliss in the window, opened the door enough to allow the breeze in from the frost and the glow spill at the threshold of 1283. Allowing all that passes, (guided spirits too) see that there is warmth and hospitality at the corner of Watsyn. For further details close out of this window of text and click on Watsyn my pet crow for the entirety of this thought.
Truly Yours, Author and Mistress of Hartle-Gilman Gardens ( for now )
Dear Esteemed Reader,
The rose———–and HgG
2020—— I became the heart and soul of Hartle-Gilman Gardens… What did I get myself into????
I now know, Hartle-Gilman Gardens will always be a mail order company, possibly always a workable city emerging farm and shall continue with the development of making new signature designer martagon hybrid lilies. Season lV was the first bloom of my own hands.
The loveliness of Hartle-Gilman Gardens taught me best practices of sprouting and growing one lily at a time. The commitment of not only dedication and devotion, but also, filled with more trials, and tribulations then you can even imagine in ones lifetime. For further details touch my heart to open for the entirety of my thought.
Dear Esteemed Reader,
Lilium candidum; is in my mind, a truly remarkable Mediterranean lily. So far I have not had difficulty growing it. Lilium candidum needs a specific climate for survival, as most species do. Once you have the understanding of this beauty, it will increase and thrive for many seasons for enjoyment of all. For further details click on the terracotta planter image for the entirety of this thought.
Dearest Esteemed Reader,
There is always a question on proper terms we use -- Is it Garden Peony or Herbaceous Peony, Is it Intersectional Peony or Itoh Peony? With all of the confusion, one must allayer remember that there is sometimes names that are different that mean the same. Garden Peony Vs Itoh certainly seem to be the same, but deep down there are very different.
For further details, close the text and pick the featured image for the entirety of this thought and instructions.
Fondly Yours, Mistress of Hartle-Gilman Gardens ( for the time being ) RS
Dearest Esteemed Reader,
I want to discuss Woody Tree Peonies THE SEMI SHADY CHARACTER. One can obtain the "Gardenesque" style. The display for such will open up gossip, add romance, alone with providing your own secret aromatic fragrance mingling within the promenade. One must be reminded Dear Esteemed Reader that among all of the expensive shrubbery, one can have a showcase for your own season, paying attention to detail will be key if you want to be noticed.
For further details, close the text and pick the featured image for the entirety of this thought and instructions.
Fondly Yours, Mistress of Hartle-Gilman Gardens ( for the time being ) RS
Dear Esteemed Reader,
Today as I sit at my table I have come to the conclusion that I must start the process of organizing my acquired Hartle-Gilman materials. A task that truly has been put off for far too long. In life, I believe that we are all collectors of many objects and of many attractions. No doubtful do I conclude and admit Dear Esteemed Reader, that I do not believe that I have ever met a collection that I was not fascinated by. Maybe it’s the volume in its collective greatness of a shared space when it is viewed as its entirety. Possibly?? Or perhaps the historical cultures and beliefs that symbolize the collection when placed together for viewing all at one singular moment. Who has the true answers? One can only surmise,--- Moreover, I believe that the hold of curiosity becomes our own awakening and/or awareness of, “how is it even possible that it is here?” For further details, close out of the text window and open the door on the image of the original shed for the entirety of this thought.
Fondly Yours Mistress and Author of Hartle-Gilman Gardens ( for now ) RS
Dear Esteemed Reader,
If I were to have one, this is the 'diamond of the first water.' Utterly the flawless division and the first to appear with each of the 'New Season' premier. I may have to admit that the days here as Mistress of Hartle-Gilman Gardens become a celebration of perhaps emotional thaw of the splendor of 'New Season Growth.' So as we pay attention Dear Esteemed Reader, sprouting, emerging and growth reshape the season of wonderment with the songs that fill not only the aire but deep within with the burning question of what singular division ll will catch the showcase of the most accomplished, beautiful and move to the trials of passing to the next phase. Catching the diamond within the first waters of a season is surly one that we need to take note of for many seasons, prior to its debutante. Though the beds are now drenched in large pools of showers the time has once again approached, Thawing the frozen bed, where we simply watch the seasonal daily ritual of water, melting and thaw, replay itself once more. I cannot help but have the feeling that there is literally more unfolding than meets the eye, perhaps buried deep within. Observing wet wind and movement resolve to the rhythm of shift and balance. Perhaps we all are returning to not something, but noticing and unfolding to the ritual of annual celebrations. Returning to our own season once more.
For the 'Season of Martagons Lilies' please observe that they are an earlier division that bloom first within the Minnesota Season. Perhaps Dear Gentle Reader, I would name all martagon division ll, diamond's as I promenade through the paved walkways.
The hybrids (meaning all of the named martagons that you purchase from growers or nursery centers) were made from species lilies, an isolated group, L. Distichum, L. Hansonii, L. Martagon, L. medeoloides, and L. Tsingtauense. As in the Asiatics, the Martagon species range from all over the world. If any of you esteemed readers have the opportunity to acquire rare species of this division, I wouldn't hesitate to grab as many as you can. The loss of these would forevermore be a substantial loss to this distinct division. But for now, we will allow the Season to unfold with the grand opening ceremony of Fleur-de-lis. Que vivra verra! For further details close this text and gather the pollen off the anthers of L. martagon alba for extensive thoughts.
Fondly Yours, Mistress of Hartle-Gilman Gardens ( for now ) RS
Dear Esteemed reader,
We would be remiss, Dear Esteemed Reader, if we did not begin with the task that everyone is talking about around the beds. If you perhaps were one of the many that have personally requested advise, Please note that I am not scholarly, thou experience has overridden my accomplished knowhow. So for the time being, we are questioned by the asking of what to do with all the lilies, and how do we accomplish a good fall martagon clean-up? Wise decisions are always best practices for securing our investments within the beds. Reminding ourselves Esteemed Reader, to have optimum conditions for abundance, vigor and especially multiplying stunning displays. This practice is not for the faint of heart, but we must remember that it will bring you to a level of perfection of the season upcoming.
For further details, click on the oshibana photo for the entirety of this thought. For we are about to get dirty---
Fondly Yours, Mistress of Hartle-Gilman Gardens ( for now ) RS
Dearest Esteemed Reader,
The loveliness of Hartle-Gilman Gardens taught this Mistress the best practices of pollinating lilies by a method of using my own hands and fingers, (basic assisted fertilization ) figuring out what parent traits I would want to achieve and carry forth in new seedlings ( babies) and crossing and backcrossing male pollen onto the sticky moist female sigmas, then waiting for the moment of birth, the unfolding of the bloom, 5-7 years of the anticipated arrival. The commitment Esteemed Readers are of not only dedication and devotion, but also, the days and weeks that were filled with more trials, and tribulations one can only imagine in one’s lifetime. We learn to grow together. Literally. If this is not something that you are wanting to dabble, please try to remember that there is a long road awaiting you with many bends and turns. Some may even be hair pinned, --- Further details? Close out of the text and pull some weeds on the image of one of the original fields of HgG for the entirety of this thought.
Fondly Yours, Author for now, & Mistress of Hartle-Gilman Gardens. RS
Dear Esteemed Reader,
With my studies and experience, I would have to admit that 'Division One' is the easiest to grow, of the diverse division of lilium. I feel that with the unique flower shapes, colors, patterns and even the orientation of the flower ( 1a upward, 1b outward, or 1c downward), this division creates a plethora of options for unique charm and outstanding performance within the every day gardens. (Especially for that almost immediate display of many emerging multiplying stems returning each season.) This division by far creates dramatic large clumps in a few seasons with unique bold colors, thus creating your anticipated, and most unusual displays of tropical wonderment within your oasis of summer beauty.
These lilies are considered hybrids and they were derived from the species listed below and subspecies; though the lineage may be buried with breeding advancements, all Asiatic's have derived from one or even perhaps several of the list below
L. amabile: aka friendly lily/ lovable liliy
L. bulbiferum: aka orange lily, fire lily, Jimmy’s Bane
L. callosum, L. cernum, L. concolor, L. dauricum, L. davidii aka David’s Lilly
L. lankongense Lankong Lily
L. leichtlini. Leichtlins’ Lily
L. pumilium Coral Lily
L. lancifolium L. tigrinum
L. wilsonii Sukashi Yuri
Tho, I have not traveled world wide to view the above species, you esteemed reader must know that these species come from all over the world, ranging from European territories, China, Korea and Japan. ( L. prior to the named species represents (Lilium), the taxonomy of the plant that is being referred to. For further details, close this text and pick a stem of 'Red Velvet' Asiatic hybrid outward facing orientation on the image for the entirety of this thought.
Fondly Yours, Author and for now, Mistress of Hartle-Gilman Gardens. RS