[pbs] Question about fire and bulbs
Mary Gutierrez
norwesgard at earthlink.net
Wed Oct 11 12:57:12 EDT 2006
I have been reading a lot about South African bulbs, and references
say that some species bloom better after fire.
I know that a number of other SA plants: restios, proteas, etc.,
require fire for seed to germinate, but is it a similar requirement
for some of the bulbs?
Or are bulbs more abundant after fire simply because competing brush
is cleared?
I'm curious about this, because I want to know if the lack of fire in
a garden environment (hopefully!) means that some of these bulbs
won't grow successfully for the gardener.
If anyone has insight on this, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks!
Mary Gutierrez
Seattle
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