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of Canadian Select Homes

. Jane Lockhart
_.. Fantasy Finishes
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“| Flowering bulbs
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From page 22

bulbs or tubers with nose pointing
upwards as soon.as possible after
receiving or purchasing them. Some
kinds dry out very easily.

If you have a rose garden, try
putting a variety of ornamental
onions (Allium) among them. These
plants keep aphids away.

A tree ina lawn is a lovely sight.

‘However, the bark is often damaged

when the mower gets too close.
Avoid this by removing the grass
around the base of the tree. This
‘tree island’ is the perfect spot in
which to plant several kinds of
spring-flowering bulbs: Spanish
bluebell, snowdrops and scilla, for
example. In the summer, .use the
same space for shade-loving plants
such as impatiens or flowering
tobacco (Nicotiana).

ering bulbs is in the. vicinity of
perennial plants such as Hosta, that

An ideal Jocation for early-flow-_

come into leaf later.
{f you place yellow-flowering

bulbs in the background, they. will... .

still .be quite visible.’ Blue can ©
become Jost in the background. For
this reason, put “blue-flowering
bulbs more toward the front of your
planting area. Although, blue flow-
ers are less in demand by flowering-
eating birds. !
‘ Summer-flowering bulbs in con-"
lainers can be put away, pot and all,
into a-frost-free location. You can
then repot them in spring for a new
flowering season.
Choose fragrant- flowering bulbs ;
where you or your visitors will

often come upon them, along a path ~

to the front door, for example.
Bulb: flowers .make the, most -

striking display if you plant them in °°

large: groups. Moreover, . planting
them in fancifully shaped plots pro-
vides a more natural appearance .-
than’ plantings having nigid con-:.
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for the do-it-yourseifer. ;

“.. DATE: Octaber 16 1995
: LOCATION: "Home Hardware -
“915 West First St...
North Vancouver, B. Co
TIME: . : 6:30-10:00 pm... Panes
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