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More than 116 million Dutch flowerbulbs have made their way this fallinto Canadian garden stores, import
warehouses and greenhouse coolers.As a matter of fact, Canada is the ninth
largest Dutch bulb importing country in theworld. I’m sure it would be no surprise if Iwere to tell you that tulips are the numberone bulb we import.
You might be interested to hear that gladi-olas are right behind and then, way down inquantities but still important, are lilies, hya-cinths, narcissus, irises, crocuses, amaryllis,dahlias, freesias and anemones.
The high numbers of some of these bulbsmay seem rather odd to the home gardener,but don’t forget, many of these bulbs suchas lilies, irises and freesias are grown-on bygreenhouse operators for cut flower produc-tion. It is, however, becoming more apparentto me each year that we are overlookingsome of the very finest bulbs, and they areright under our noses.
We always plant tulips, daffodils and hya-cinths while ignoring other bulbs which areactually better long-term investments. Avisit to Keukenhof, Holland’s famous springgarden, opened my eyes to the use of minorbulbs.
Muscari (grape hyacinths) were used veryeffectively as borders, underplantings andas drifts of colour under trees and shrubs.Many varieties were incorporated into thegardens but ‘Muscari armeniacum’ was, byfar, the most impressive for mass displays.Smaller pockets shone with fabulous longlasting perennial varieties like the whiteM. album, the soft blue ‘Valerie Finnis’, thebicolour M. latifolium, the feathery M. co-mosum ‘Plumosum’ and the new pink one,‘Pink Sunrise’.
Muscari are hardy in all zones and willtolerate little or no water in summer. Thismakes them ideal for plantings under largetrees where moisture is often a problem.They prefer full sun or partial shade. Thesebulbs look very effective when mass plantedby themselves or used as a contrast withother spring blooming perennials, bulbs orflowering shrubs.
Muscari are long-lasting, have greatweather tolerance, and they don’t look messyas do so many other bulbs when they finishflowering.
Most gardeners plant and enjoy lots of thestandard yellow, white, blue and striped cro-
cus, but the sweetly scented species varietiesare being overlooked. Crocus chrysanthusprovide us with some of the most beauti-ful and interesting crocus colours. Theynaturalize well and thrive in sun or lightshade. They are most effective used in massplantings in rockeries, borders, lawns andbetween stepping stones. You will find thespecies varieties are more free flowering.
The old fashioned bluebells that so manyEuropean folks ask for are actually scillasor squills. All of them flower in clusters onleafless stalks and have either bell-shaped orstar-like flowers. I like them best planted ininformal groupings among shrubs, decidu-ous trees or low-growing perennials. Theyare great in pots too and you know, scillasmake lovely cut flowers for tiny bouquets.
Scilla siberica seems to be the most popularbecause of its intense blue, three to six inchflower spikes. If you can find it, Scilla tuber-geniana is also popular because it bloomsvery early with the snowdrops. If, perchance,you are looking for old fashioned Englishbluebells (Scilla nutans), they’re a lot easierto find now. They are very long lasting anddo well in partial shade.
The real sleeper in all the minor bulbsis Anemone blanda. These look for all theworld like miniature daisies, and I was ab-solutely in awe when I saw how they werebeing used in Keukenhof Gardens. Thevariety called ‘White Splendor’ was used inmassive borders and underplantings withvirtually every type of tulip and narcissusthat blooms during their long floweringperiod. Their white colour tended to lift allthe other colours, and when contrasted withthe rich green lawns, they were sensational.Anemone blanda comes in many colours,but the new varieties ‘Blue Shades’, ‘PinkStar’ and ‘White Splendor’ have lovely brightcolours. The mixed varieties look great too.You will find these anemones most pleas-ing when you plant them under Japaneseazaleas, dwarf rhododendrons and Japanesemaples.
There are many other little minor bulbswe have yet to discover, but I suggest yougive the ones I’ve mentioned a try. You won’tbe disappointed.
REVIEWHome ShowcREEVVIEWVVThere’s more to bulbs than just tulipsNumber 1 imported bulb is the tulip butgladiolas are rightbehind it
IN THE GARDEN Brian Minter
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