We are honored to be in the New York Times today and hope that all the readers are enjoying the blog (a.k.a. Bulb Boy Adventures) and our website southernbulbs.com. My name is Chris Wiesinger and although I am 25, I am still called the bulb boy. Maybe one day I will be promoted, but until then I'll just have to be a “boy”.

Ms. Bellafante with the New York Times did a wonderful job of introducing readers to the idea of what we do. I will start off by saying that around here, it is not always a good idea just to go knocking on any old door asking for bulbs. As you can see, I skip some places and just keep driving.

Something is blooming at any given point in the year, and sometimes they are small bulbs like this historic Hoop Petticoat (Narcissus bulbocodium) on the left,

and sometimes they are larger like the Grand Primos (Narcissus tazetta 'Grand Primo') above. Whatever the size, all of our bulbs form nice clumps in the right environments, such as the Giant Jonquils or Campernelles (Narcissus x odorus ‘Campernelli’) on the right.

We dig individual bulbs from old sites, and grow them out in our field. We have nice sandy loam soil with good amounts of natural rainfall, and the result is large bulbs that propagate fast. To the left are the bulbs of the Oxblood Lily (Rhodophiala bifida) and the true triploid Spider Lily (Lycoris radiata). The far right picture is of the Oxbloods in bloom and on the immediate right is a picture of the Red Spider Lily. These two are fall bloomers.

This is the cabin where we all reside. We do catch bass and enjoy fresh fish when we can. Other times we catch and clean them, throwing them in the freezer for future dates. On the right is Amanda and Zac getting dirty sorting bulbs. This is a good picture of all of the guys on the left.

We are obviously experiencing higher volumes of traffic and phone calls (866)406-BULB (2852) and have an answering service set up to handle the increased traffic. My speaking calendar should be on the web soon also, and it is filling up rapidly. There were some prints listed in the article of bulbs we do not carry, but we always love to try and help people find the bulbs they are looking for, so please feel free to contact us about those items.

Over the next few weeks and months we have some very exciting new products and features that will be making their way onto our site bit by bit…honestly, they are coming up so fast that we just do not have time to implement all at once! But we cannot tell you how eager we are to share them with you. As the summer fades away and the fall temperatures start to cool, our adventures for bulbs will just be heating up. So don’t be a stranger, slide us into your favorites and check up on us. We promise not to be bashful about our sagas and we know you’ll enjoy the journey!