> >> On 6 Nov 2012, at 7:59, J. Denys Bourque wrote: >> >>> Every year around this time, local stores let go what they have >>> left of >>> their fall bulbs [tulips, etc.] at really cut prices. My closest garden centre pots up its unsold bulbs and sells them in bloom in spring. I always buy a lot for around my front door. Diane Whitehead Victoria, British Columbia, Canada