{"id":221,"date":"2007-08-08T17:13:58","date_gmt":"2007-08-09T00:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.remarc.com\/craig\/?p=221"},"modified":"2007-08-09T03:25:43","modified_gmt":"2007-08-09T10:25:43","slug":"blue-alliums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellishollow.remarc.com\/?p=221","title":{"rendered":"Blue alliums"},"content":{"rendered":"

Click on images<\/strong> (most of them, anyway) for larger view.<\/p>\n

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I had to step away from the screen at work this afternoon. I don’t do it enough, but I took a quick spin through Minns Garden — a lovely garden right outside the Plant Science building at Cornell University. I was moving faster than a stroll and paying more attention in my head to what needed doing back in the office than what was going on in the garden. I actually got three steps beyond these alliums before doing a double-take and going back for a second look.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, no tag. So I can’t give you a variety name. There were some other interesting alliums on the other side of the garden, too:<\/p>\n

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More midsummer highlights in Minns: Anemones. Boy I’d grow a lot of these if it weren’t for the deer.<\/p>\n

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And the potted bananas, which are getting huge. (They’ve overwintered a few winters in the greenhouse. But I’m not sure there’s room for them this year.)<\/p>\n

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OK. If you’ve read this far, you’re probably wondering about the technique on those alliums. Cut a small hole in the center of a paper plate and a slit connecting the hole with the edge. Slip it around the stem of the allium to catch the drips. Shake the can well and spray. At least that’s what this year’s garden tenders told me they did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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