17 - Friday, June 29, 1990 - North Shore News

Gardeners

From page 16

On the other hand, eremurus
was represented in the gardens of
only five per cent of the respon-
dents; galtonia, the summer hya-
cinth, was reportedly tried by only
3.7 per cent. Furthermore,
homeria had been the subject of
experiment by just 2.6 per cent of
respondents; ixia by 4.7 per cent;
nerines by 5.5 per cent; sparaxis
by 6.1 per cert; tigridia by 9.6 per
cent, and zephyranthus by just 3.7
per cent of respondents.

Those responding to the survey
state that they grow bulbs
primarily in their garcaens — 92
per cent. However, 40 per cent
also report growing bulbs indoors
and another 40 per cent say they
naturalize bulbs on their property
(i.e. leave them planted to natu-
rally propagate and spread by

bulb multiplication and self-
seeding).
One surprise detail emerged

from the survey results. That is,
conventional wisdom is that Ca-
nadian gardenezs are not interest-

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frost-free storage location. Never-
theless, 66.3 per cent of respon-
dents report that they store tender
bulbs over winter.

Not surprisingly, the main
reason respondents gave for grow-
ing flower bulbs — 52 per cent —
is that they flower year after year,
or can be lifted and replanted for

4 bloom. Other major
for gardening with bulbs
: “zat bulbs help extend the
flowering season (30 per cent) and
are easy to grow (23.4 per cent).

Canadian gardeners also are
very book and resource text
oriented: 66.3 per cent say they
get their primary information on
growing bulbs from books, and
57.5 per cent turn to Canadian
gardening magazines. The instruc-
tions on bulb packaging are the
next most important source.

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