Jim Out here in the Bay area, aloes, penstemons, and salvias are particularly attractive at this time of year. Paul Licht, Director Univ. California Botanical Garden 200 Centennial Drive Berkeley, CA 94720 (510)-643-8999 http://botanicalgarden.berkeley.edu/ J.E. Shields wrote: > I would like to hear what flowers are blooming for the holiday > season. What do you have in your garden that blooms for Christmas/New > Years? What are in the florists? > > Traditional around here of course are poinsettias; and there is a major > producer of poinsettias, Heartland Growers, just across the fields behind > our place. > > I'm going to venture out into the crowds in a few days and make an informal > survey of what I else see offered for sale in florists, garden centers, and > supermarkets. > > Are there forced bulbs in bud or in bloom right now? > > Do they all come from the same growers around the world or are they > region-specific? > > I want to hear about what is out there. > > Jim Shields > in Westfield, Indiana > USA > > ************************************************* > Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd. > P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/ > Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA > Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >