© 2012 Frank. All rights reserved.
My mother, Ashley Fox-Smith, her Aunt Edna and I visited David Atkins again this year and were again generously gifted with a pirate’s trove of heirloom bulbs. While the ladies in question got a wide variety of bulbs, I … Continue reading
© 2012 Frank. All rights reserved.
There is a little patch of ground near the barn where my family lives that harbors a small stand of one of my favorite plants. This particular Lycoris radiate or Red Spider Lily is a “volunteer.” No one knows who … Continue reading
© 2011 Frank. All rights reserved.
Somewhere the seed of a story is germinating in my mind. It has been over a year since I first began entraining the idea of writing a book about the history of heirloom bulbs in the South— their evolutions … Continue reading