Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Some bulbs are very clever at sliding their foliage up out of the hard ground in early spring; eremurus takes a more direct approach, thrusting up its brawny foliage like a clenched fist, so that it fairly explodes out of the soil. Called desert candles (eremurus is from the Greek for "desert tails"), the species pictured is Eremurus robustus, which grows six feet or more tall.
// posted by IBOY @ 6:16 AM 
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My single, emerged emerus is not nearly so "brawny"! Perhaps it will become so with age. (And I'm also hoping that the other 5 have made it through the winter.)
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