Hello Jane What about parallel regions elsewhere in the world? Seeing I don't live in the US..... Regards Ina Crossley Jane McGary wrote: > For a projected feature in our PBS newsletter, the Bulb Garden, I'd > like to collect comments from members on what they perceive as > "parallel" regions with their home areas. That is, do you find that > geophytes from particular other parts of the world adapt well to your > garden? Have you visited the parallel region(s)? Have some > adaptations surprised you because they "shouldn't have worked?" > > A region that is said to be very close in climate to the maritime > Pacific Northwest of North America (where I live) is the Black Sea > coast of Turkey and its nearby mountains. I do find that bulbous > species native to that region do very well here, as do such > perennials as Iris lazica and Scutellaria pontica. (The name > "pontica" is a geographical epithet for that area.) I haven't yet > tried the several lily species from there, but I will once I get to > my new deer-free garden. I haven't visited there, either, but hope to > before long. > > When I visit northern Chile I find myself wishing I had a garden in > southern California so that I could grow some of the wonderful bulbs > and shrubs I see there. They're much too xeric for western Oregon. > The area around Santiago, Chile reminds me strongly of California's > Central Valley, where I lived as a teenager, and the coast around > Valparaiso is an analog of the San Francisco Bay area. > > What is your home's analog, or parallel, and why? What bulbs from > there have you tried, and which ones do you long for? > > Thanks in advance for helping with this topic! > > Jane McGary > President, PBS > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4608 (20091114) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com/ > > > > >