The bulb hunter /

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Author / Creator:Wiesinger, Chris.
Edition:First edition.
Imprint:College Station, Texas : Texas A & M University Press, 2013.
©2013
Description:1 online resource (290 pages)
Language:English
Series:AgriLife Research and Extension Service series
AgriLife Research and Extension Service series.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11209387
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Other authors / contributors:Welch, William C. (William Carlisle), 1939-
ISBN:9781623490027
1623490022
9781603448215
1603448217
Notes:Includes index.
Print version record.
Summary:Dubbed the Bulb Hunter in a 2006 New York Times feature story, Chris Wiesinger took his passion for bulbs to vacant lots, abandoned houses, cemeteries, and construction sites throughout the South in search of botanical survivors whose descendants had never seen the inside of a big-box chain store. The vintage specimens Wiesinger sought came from hardy, historic stock, adapted to human neglect and hot climates, reappearing faithfully over decades without care or cultivation. Traveling back roads, speaking to strangers, looking for the telltale color of a remnant iris or lily,
Other form:Print version: Wiesinger, Chris. Bulb hunter. First edition. College Station, Texas : Texas A & M University Press, ©2013 290 pages

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505 0 |a Introduction: the cabin -- A little red tulip -- People are like crinums -- Lilies and bulbs that are called lilies -- Rain lilies -- Spider lilies say "Louisiana," and oxbloods say "Texas" -- Our most valuable bulbs: Roman hyacinths, Byzantine gladiolus, and hardy amaryllis -- Irises, rock garden, and Fischer -- Seasons filled with daffodils -- The cabin becomes a home -- The bulb hunter's bulbs: a primer / by William C. Welch -- Bulbs in the evolution of a garden / by William C. Welch -- A Louisiana country garden: Mangham -- A Texas city garden: Pebble Creek. 
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