“HO! for cool growing conditions TENDER. BULBS bloom in the summer in Canada. Whether you combine them ina garden border with perennials and shrubs or add them to your cut- ting garden, sunimer bulbs are : delight to the eye — and often the nose, too. Many of them are delightfully scented, Freesia, for instance, produce a very pleasant perfume. Bearing small, trumpet-shaped clusters of «flowers on arched stems, freesia - stand about a foot tall (30 cm), In our northern climate, they must be grown in cool conditions, such as an alpine house or an unheated greenhouse. However, they also grow well indoors and make great cut flowers, filling the house or office with their sweet scent for at least a week, Shades of yellow, gold, orange, pink, red, purple — freesia come in many colors. Another fragrant summer- bloomer is acidanthera, .first cous- in to the gladiolus. Similar in ap- pearance and culture to the gladiolus, acidanthera bear white flowers, with a chocolate (or red- dish purple) throat. ‘Dahlias and gladiolus of the _ better-known bulbs in Canadian gardens. are two summer Both are tall-growing — about ~ one metre (3 ft.) — and should be supported to keep them from ‘ blowing. over in. a rainstorm or simply bending under the weight: of their own flowers. There are various methods for * bracing long-stemmed flowers. - For instance, put a stake such as‘a bamboo cane in the ground at the time the dahlia’ tuber or gladiolus .corm is planted. Gently tie the flower stalk to the stake as it grows. In the cutting. garden where esthetics may be less important or _for- dahlias’ whose dense. foliage will hide them, there are. plastic rings that attach to the stake. These are raised as the plant's height increases, Alternatively, large mesh netting : Stretched between sturdy posts, * tall about 40 cm (16 in.) — higher for dahlias will support’ a numberof plants at the same time. Adventurous . gardeners indulge in’ many of the lesser-known --Summer-blooming varieties, such _ as’ .anemone, crocosmia, or- nithogalum and ranunculus. . Tender anemones include single-flowered cultivar the “de a SPECIAL ON NOW YWNN e Central. Vacuums @ Cannisters e Uprights @. « Shampooers ¢ Hand Vacuums DEN ‘Tender summer bulbs call boxes. Caen"’ Brigid.”’ Like their close relative the ranunculus, anemones necd fertile soil and a sunny location in the garden. Of the two, ranunculus require soil that is slightly more moist and will tolerate some light shade. Anemones rhizomes do not and the double ‘‘St. ‘keep well but ranunculus corms may be lifted in the autumn, ‘stored in a frost-free spot (such as the basement or root cellar) and replanted in the ground again next ‘year for another flowering season. Crocosmia, also called mont- bretia, blooms in late summer, bearing yellow, orange or scarlet flowers on stems 60 to 80 cm tall (24 to 32 in.) superb in home-made bouquets. Ornithogalum thyrsoides, com- monly called Star of Bethlehem, ‘also goes by the nickname Chin- cherinchee. A: tremendously long- lasting cut fiower — up to three weeks in the vase — it produces enormous clusters of little white flowers.on stalks about 40 cm (16 in.) long. Unfortunately, its foliage is not attractive at blossoming time, so inter-plant . the Chincherinchee among low-growing companions, such as geranium or Alchemilla (Lady's Mantle). 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