Believe it or not, there are actually some parts of the garden that are NOT covered on the site ;-) and this new strollie is about what grows in one of them
Under the weeping mulberry trees.

I hope your Alliums don't get too comfortable, you no doubt read about my A. triquetrum. Having said that even that may be managable in your climate, but do a test area first, before you let it loose in your beds. I have one clump of Ipheion uniflorum at the base of a large conifer. The ground believe it or not gets almost no moisture, is rock hard as it's on a main cat path, and yet every year the clump increases in size and never fails to flower.
Enjoyed the article, and didn't even need to but the paper. J

That was "buy" the paper, spotted it just as I hit "post".

Fun article, Maggie. You know, I had never noticed your gnomes and fairies, although someone had told me about them.

So glad you explained that, , I was sitting here going 'but the paper'?? but the paper??,, is that a Brit term I missed ?!? and was even wondering what paper, not relating it to the newspaper at first - ack !
Not only do our site visitors get the article without taking the paper, but there's lots a picies here that aren't in the print one. And I didn't dare admit to the gnomes and fairies there either. Which is better for them too, since they are very shy and are glad to hide during the green season, when all those strangers come poking about. That's why you missed them before Caro, ummm, cause they were hiding - not cause you're all that strange. ummm not cause yer a stanger :-)

Terry, you must tell me when your ipheions are blooming, so we can compare bloom dates - and hellebores, which might also coincide. Course, I could be not-so-lazy and go search yer site - but its more fun hearing about it at the time!
Yes, I do remember your allium horror story!! Mine do not seem to multiply that badly, but I do yank out a few handfuls each year - and they were more voracious in the open beds than they are now in the summer dungeon.