Ivory Elegance in August Weeding

By Jenks Farmer | July 29, 2018 |

Note; I’m working on a new book about daily life on the lily farm.  Each short essay like this would be followed by an in-depth essay on the plants mentioned. I’d love your comments about this style of writing.   And, there are pictures and video at the end but you may need to ‘View in…

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Plant Sale For Crinum Farm Field Day

By Jenks Farmer | June 14, 2016 |

Leonotis menthifolia ‘Savannah Sunset’ Bright orange, fuzzy flowers in a perfect whorl around the stems.  Loves hot dry places and flowers all summer.  Perennial in warm parts of zone; great annual in other parts.  $10               Crinum ‘Bradley Giant’  This is a big growing lily, reaching 4 feet tall…

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Favorite Plants of the Moment

By Jenks Farmer | June 10, 2015 |

From the ridiculous to the sublime, this is a list of plants I’m working with at the moment;  we’ll have these and other almost=impossible-to-find plants  at our next farm field day!  Of course the findings will include the very rare and new to us, Crinum ‘Pink Perfume’ from Texas and Crinum ‘Canoelands’ from Australia. Jack…

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