After a Monday drive into Houston, I headed for Natchitoches, LA. The spider lilies were amazing. After a talk there, I went back to the farm to meet a guest, and then the next morning I was off for Flower Mound, TX and the grand opening of a new Calloways Store. More to come about this full and exciting week and the flowers that were found along the way!

I decided to stay in San Antonio for the weekend instead of driving to Houston like I had planned. Much of my schedule has been thrown off by a midnight drive to Mobile, AL from Houston at the end of last week. I took some great pictures though! I will share them soon.


Before I left the farm, I grabbed a few fruits from our bois d'arc (pronounced Bo-Dark) tree. The fruit can also be called a horse apple, Osage orange, or as a bois d'arc apple. Some say the fruit might be a clue to helping with diseases like Alzheimer's. See the article here.

Northern Louisiana was extremely flooded as I drove through. Remember to always be careful where you decide to buy property.

Spider lilies were beginning to bloom, but they were very far from being in full swing.


Have all day to upload some of the cajun music I recorded while driving through Lafayette and to upload some more pictures from the week. My ladies who were packaging my bulbs in Houston have evacuated the city, so our bulb shipments probably will not happen this week.

Yesterday I left Houston at 12:45 AM to drive to Mobile. I swore that I was not going to do such a brutal drive at those odd hours of the morning, but I did. Now today, I leave Mobile for Tyler with a brief stop in Hattiesburg, MS.

Along the way from the farm to Houston, I did find the chance to dig a nice clump of Crinum jagus scillafolia from the garden of a collector. There were only 6 bloom size bulbs, but I have just now made those available on the website this Saturday morning. They are dug and ready to be shipped as soon as you order! You may order here.


These crinums were very healthy, but they were in too much shade and neeed to be moved. Their new spot in the garden was a sunnier one next to some Crinum jagus (the regular large leaved forms) that I had dug just over a year ago.

The reason I found myself driving from the farm to Houston was to drop off more fall bulbs for sale. The truck was loaded down and I looked like a Beverly Hillbilly.



Somewhere on Interstate 10 between Lafayette and Baton Rouge I picked up a nice Cajun station. The signal cut out at the turn for Whiskey Bay. I stopped in Baton Rouge for some coffee, but all of the gas stations and restaurants are still shut down. Then I made a wrong turn and took I-10 through New Orleans instead of going around on I-12. The place was a ghost town and many areas are still without power. Eventually I made it to Alabama, where all is as usual.

We now have a new link to our friends at The Olive Barn! Be sure to check out their website if you have not done it already.

Bulb hunts come in all shapes and sizes. Some are sudden and quick, and some take years of stalking. Three years ago Ben Arcuni, our former coworker and bulb hunting companion, spotted an old house top through an opening of post oak trees. Recognizing the worn out paint job, overgrown shrubs, and broken fence, he realized that this could be a perfect site for some forgotten bulbs. When he parked and peaked over a fence, he discovered a fairly large naturalized planting of oxblood lilies. For three years, we have been talking with the owner of the vacant house and land. They have decided to sell it and have agreed to let us remove some of the bulbs and share them with their family and use them for our business. We are excited about this opportunity. As a labor day special, we are offering them for $2 off of their normal price (you can order here).

Please enjoy the video!