New bulbs in the old wheelbarrow

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  1. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    I present my newest blooms...
    Lux bulbus 'Halogen' and Lux bulbus 'Dwarf Halogen'

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    Lux bulbus 'Halogen' and 'Dwarf Halogen' ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden )
     
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  3. Kildale

    Kildale Nature's Window

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    They look great, 'Dwarf Halogen' latin name Halogen tonii.
     
  4. Jerry Sullivan

    Jerry Sullivan Garden Experimenter Plants Contributor

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    Obviously you have been to the thrift store too many times this month. Do you have any seeds from the ones in the middle? :)

    Jerry
     
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    eileen Resident Taxonomist Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Looking good Toni and they are totally resistant to pests into the bargain. :D
     



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  6. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Jerry those are old light bulbs that I have been hanging onto when they burned out. They were just too neat to throw away and no body recycles them.

    This is them before the paint pens got to all of them, that one bulb is blue, the purple one is already painted..

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    bulbs ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden )
     
  7. cherylad

    cherylad Countess of Cute-ification Plants Contributor

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    Got us again Toni. I was thinking... what kinda bulb would do well in a shallow wheel barrow?
    Natural... it had to be one of Toni's great ideas!
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    Awesome way to reuse something destined for the landfill. :setc_089:
     
  8. Sjoerd

    Sjoerd Mighty Oak

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    Boy Toni--you never cease to amaze me with all the stuff that you do. I have never seen light bulbs like that. Are they, or WERE they common at one time?
    Anyway, they look great where they wound up.

    Well done....you truly ARE the "Mistress of junque", like it says on the label. ;)
     
  9. toni

    toni Mistress of Garden Junque Staff Member Moderator Plants Contributor

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    Those light bulbs aren't very common but we have an old hanging light fixture in the kitchen that doesn't hide the bulbs so we have been getting pretty bulbs for it.
     
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    supersweetmom Seedling

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    You are so creative toni. I enjoy your fantastic ideas... :)
     
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    calinromania Young Pine

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    I was like... What? Tulips? Daffodils? Lilies? .... and all I get is glass!
    NICE ONES... have NEVER seen such bulbs!
     
  12. Frank

    Frank GardenStew Founder Staff Member Administrator

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    You really can grow some 'enlightening' things in your garden Toni!
     

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