Susan: Try Richard Doutt's book on Cape Bulbs. Harold At 10:37 AM 2/27/2004 -0800, you wrote: >Susan, try going to Overstock.com to purchase Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs >for about $40. Ann Marie > >Susan Hayek <susanann@sbcglobal.net> wrote:> >>If you are interested in >growing South African bulbs that are > >mostly from winter rainfall areas I highly recommend The Color > >Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs by John Manning, Peter Goldblatt, and Dee > >Snijman. > >**I'm rather overwhelmed by the amount of information offered on the pbs list. >Are there any other bulb books listers would recommend? >I put The Color Encyclopedia of Cape Bulbs on my Amazon.com wish list. >Now to win the lottery. > >The only catalog I have on hand to use as reference is last year's >'Brent and Becky's Bulbs', and I do an occasional google search. >I am also entranced by the C. chrysanthus 'Prins Claus' pictured today. >All the photos, all of them, have been mind boggling. > >Too many plants to learn, too little time to grow them. > > >susan hayek >fortuna, northern coast of ca, (we can see a peek of water), Zone 9 >very very VERY windy tonight, my cuttings are taking a beating >-- >Owned by Jasper & Schubert the Standard Poodles, Pup-Quiz the >Basenji, puppy Basenji boy, Jones, & Gracie the Rhodesian > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > > >Ann Marie > >So. California, San Gabriel Valley, Zone 21 (Sunset Western Garden book) , >influenced by both marine and interior air(Santa Ana winds). This makes it >perfect for Citrus trees and most So African plants. I collect and >sometimes sell belladonnas, nerines, oxalis, moraea, amaryllis, palms, >epiphyllums, succulents and other south african bulbs. email me at >mysticgardn@yahoo.com for list of bulbs and plants for sale. For home and >garden sculptures go to http://www.rjunkdrawer.com/ > > > > > > >--------------------------------- >Do you Yahoo!? >Get better spam protection with Yahoo! Mail >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php