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totototo@telus.net (Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:02:00 PDT)
On 24 Apr 07, at 14:26, Leo A. Martin wrote:
I've been growing bulbs from seed only a few years now, in a somewhat
difficult climate.
Believe me, once I have some seeds/bulbs to send, they'll be on their
way.
Leo Martin
Phoenix Arizona USA
Ah, but for some plants, Phoenix is probably the ideal climate. I'm
thinking particularly of difficult middle eastern irises, oncocyclids
in particular.
It's one of the deeper wisdoms of gardening not to fight your climate
and soil, but to find out what does well under your conditions and
then grow lots of it. I suspect that every one of us can grow easily
and well plants that others find difficult or impossible.
Case in point: our east-coast-of-the-USA contingent bemourn their
inability to keep tulips going for more than a couple of years.
Around here, the gardens are currently masses of tulips that have
clearly been there for a long time. Nothing too rare afaict, mostly
big red & yellow affairs, but I did see a nice patch of Tulipa
clusiana in front of one house. Even in my own ex-swamp, some tulips
hang in there thanks to careful placement to avoid the worst of the
wet.
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island