[pbs] Blooming in California
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totototo at telus.net
Wed Jun 24 02:08:26 EDT 2009
On 23 Jun 2009, at 16:07, Mary Sue Ittner wrote:
> I don't have Rodger Whitlock or Mark McDonough's luck
> growing Alliums in the garden.
I notice the absence of the word "good" before "luck".
Is it possible that every garden falls into one of two categories, excessively
friendly to allium and hostile to allium? Is there no middle ground?
> But I'd say the star of the garden right now has got to be a low growing
> hybrid Gladiolus.
> http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/GladiolusHybrids#nanus It
> probably is a named cultivar, but no one has told me which
The unnamed G.n. is one I've seen somewhere, but don't have the name. I will
keep my eyes open. I'm pretty sure it's NOT "Atom".
PS: Mary Sue's white Gladiolus x colvillei illustrated a little ways above her
unnamed G. nanus cultivar is "The Bride".
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Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=48.4676,-123.3262&ll=48.4676,-123.3262&z=14
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