[pbs] Bulbs for your own climate
Mary Sue Ittner
msittner at mcn.org
Mon Apr 28 18:05:50 EDT 2008
Hi,
One of the interesting things about this list has been learning about bulbs
I can and cannot grow. I agree that sometimes it is worth trying something
you don't think would be possible and finding you can grow it. I've also
found that some things that I'd think would be a cinch haven't been. Some
of the bulbs that come from climates unlike mine that grow and bloom in
summer I've had short term success growing, but over time they have faded
away. It seems far more rewarding to concentrate on the things that are not
so difficult and like Diane suggested grow different forms of them.
During the two plus years we had the topic of the week, we had discussions
of regional favorites. I couldn't get people from some of the different
regions to introduce and help so we didn't cover all the possible areas.
But for those people who are interested below are some links to the
archives to check out. Look at responses to the introduction as well as
other people chimed in with what worked for them. For some strange reason
it looks like a lot of the messages in the archives are listed twice.
Before my listing of the regional favorites below I thought I'd ask this
earlier in my message in case everyone doesn't read to the end:
When we were doing the topic of the week we had some interesting
contributions when we profiled people's favorite bulbs by color. Any
interest in starting a topic where everyone who wants to participate lists
where they live and ten bulbs (down to the species level at least) that
are planted in the ground that come back year after year with little to no
care? I think it would be a fascinating topic and it would also be
interesting to keep a running tally to see if there were bulbs that made it
on a number of lists. I'm sure a lot of people would have more than ten,
but then you could pick the ten you liked the most.
January 2003 - Bulbs for Pacific Northwest Gardens--
Ernie O'Byrne Introduction
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/pbs/2003-January/000170.html
March 2003 - Bulbs for Mediterranean Gardens
I started this out with this post:
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/pbs/2003-March/013260.html
but you can find the others listed under Bulbs for ..
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/pbs/2003-March/subject.html
Not all areas considered Mediterranean are the same with a great variation
in temperatures summer and winter and amounts of rainfall and even to some
degree when it rains.
April 2003 Growing tender bulbs in cold climates
Introduction from Mark Mazer
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/pbs/2003-April/002469.html
Bulbs for Continental Climates, Upper Midwest
Introduction from Boyce Tankersley
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/pbs/2003-April/002647.html
June 2003
Bulbs for Texas
Introduction from Cynthia Mueller
http://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/pbs/2003-June/003167.html
We stopped at that point which was disappointing since I'm sure there were
a lot of other areas that could have been profiled and weren't. Nancy might
find reading the posts on bulbs for the Pacific Northwest interesting.
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