The Bulb Hunter

Index

Italicized numbers refer to photos. adapted bulbs, 152, 162; crinum lilies, 30; Iris fulva, 126; Lilium lancifolium, 205; Lycoris radiata, 166; narcissus, 139, 176; to zone 8 and south, 208; to zone 9, 185 Agave americana, 264 Akin, Sherwood, 241 Alocasia (elephant ears), 220; ‘Blackie,’ 220; ‘Lime Zinger,’ 220 amaryllids, 209 amaryllis, 40, 63, 65; propagation of, 118. See also Hippeastrum spp. Amaryllis belladonna (Guernsey lily), 82 Anderson, Natalie, 69–70, 90 Anderson, Ralph, 245 Anemone hybrida (Japanese anemone), 243 animal pests: armadillos, 35, 45, 48; goats, 82; gophers, 100, 102–104, 153–54, 201; moles, 103, 153, 191; squirrels, 35–36, 72, 74, 103; voles, 45, 102–104, 153, 155 /and “tulips,” 155; wild hogs, 4, 9 annuals, 13, 168, 172, 266; for coolseason blooming, 196–97; for summer, 219 Aquilegia spp. (columbines): A. canadensis, 195–96; A. chrysantha hinckleyana ‘Texas Gold,’ 195–96 Arbor Gate (Tomball, TX), 66–67, 86 Arcuni, Ben, 58, 59, 63, 64, 131; leaving SBC, 95, 97; living in the little red cabin, 63, 91; working for SBC, 38, 61, 150 Aster oblongifolius (autumn aster) 170, 172 autumn aster, 170, 172 autumn daffodil, “fall crocus,” 87, 168, 169 Bacon, Sir Francis, 154 Bakersfield, California, 11, 14 bald cypress (Taxodium distichum), 36, 37, 236 balsam (lady’s slipper) Impatiens balsamina , 243 banana shrub (Michelia figo), 198, 230, 231 Barnwell, Cleo, 237 Barr, Virginia Sue, 107–108, 237, 240, 245–46 Beaumont, 36, 88 Bender, Steve, “The Grumpy Gardner,” 126 Berlandier, John-Louis, 53 black cherry (Prunus serotina), 236–37 bloom behavior: hysteranthous, 87, 88; phototrophic, 149 bluebonnets (official Texas wildflower), 46, 47, 137, 191 Boone Hall Plantation, 233 Boy Scouts, 71 Bradbury, Joe, 32–34, 33; death of, 147; as mentor, 40, 42, 146; as investor in SBC, 34, 42, 58, 95, 145 Index 268 index Breed, Eric, 55, 56, 127, 134, 153 British soldier lily, 79, 79, 83. See also Lycoris radiata bulb categories: annual bulbs, 13–14, 172 (see also annuals by name); geophytes, 13; heirloom varieties (see main entry heirloom bulbs); perennials, 6 (see main entry); rhizomes, 125; stoloniferous, 150; triploids, 84, 154 bulb(s): defined, 13; approaching a grower, 51–52; hunting, 17, 18–19, 24; planting, 180 Burbank, Luther, 208; ‘White Queen,’ crinum 208, 241 Burford holly (Ilex cornuta, ‘Burfordii Nana’), 253 Burnside, Jan, 247 Bussell, Gene, 245–46 buttercup. See Narcissus pseudonarcissus Bynum, Flora Ann, 188, 237 Café Texan, 67, 134 calla lily (Zantedeschia aethiopica), 221, 221 Calvert, TX, 69, 90 camellia spp., 244–45; ‘Alba Plena,’ 245, 255; ‘Chandleri Elegans,’ 245; ‘Debutante,’ 245; ‘Delores Edwards,’ 263; ‘Pink Perfection,’ 245, 248; ‘Purple Dawn,’ 245; ‘Rose Dawn,’ 245; ‘White Empress,’ 263 Carmel-by-the-Sea, 129 cedar (Juniperus ashei), 218 Center, TX, 21 Channel Islands, 82, 113. See also Guernsey (Channel Island); Jersey (Channel Island) Charleston, SC, 36, 221, 233 Charlotte Observer, 194 Charlotte, NC, , 263 Chelsea Physic Garden (London), 38 Chinese fringe tree (Chionanthus retusus), 235, 254 Chinese ground orchid (Bletilla striata), 196, 198 Chinese sacred lilies. See Narcissus tazetta orientalis Christopher, Tom, 62 chrysanthemums (garden mums), 170, 173: ‘Country Girl,’ 170; ‘Ryan Gainey,’ 170 CIA, 32 Clayton Library (Houston), 129 Clethra pringlei (Mexican sweetspire clethra), 254–55, 256 Colocasia (elephant ears), 220 Color Spot Nuseries, 32 columbine, 195–96 Conway, Sean, 76 Cooperia (rain lilies), 65, 209. See also Habranthus; Zephyranthes coral vine (Antigonon leptopus), 170–71, 257, 258 corm(s), 13, 103–104, 201, 260 Coventry, Zac, 59, 150 Cox, Grant, 57, 59; return to college, 95; salesman for SBC, 91–93, 92 crapemyrtle, 88, 113; ‘Yvonne,’ 254 Creech, David, 232 Cricket Court (Washington County, TX), 233, 253 Crinum spp., 206–208 Crinum asiaticum, 34–35, 35, 36, 208 Crinum ‘Bradley,’ 207, 208, 241 Crinum bulbispermum, (ditch lilies) 30 Crinum Burbank’s ‘White Queen,’ 208, 241 Crinum ‘Carroll Abbott,’ 206, 208, 241, 250 Crinum ‘Ellen Bosanquet,’ 30, 41, 206, 208, 218, 241 index 269 Crinum ‘Mardi Gras,’ 241 Crinum ‘Mrs. James Hendry,’ 30, 38, 147, 206–207, 208, 239, 241, 258, 259–260 Crinum ‘Rose Parade,’ 260 Crinum ‘Stars and Stripes,’ 37, 208 Crinum ‘Super Ellen,’ 260, 261 Crinum jagus, 206 Crinum jagus ‘rattrayi,’ 253 Crinum jagus ‘scillifolia,’ 253 crinum lilies. See Crinum spp.; and individual scientific name Crinum powellii ‘Album,’ 30–31, 38, 58, 206, 208, 233, 240, 241 Crinum powellii ‘Roseum, 39 Crinum × herbertii, 24, 206 Crockett, TX, 57, 181 cut flowers, 40, 175, 243, 258 Czech Fest...