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PAGE AlO, WTBY FREE PRESS, Sununier, MAY 10, 1989, Sprieng flower parade - marches through May May ie the month throughout most of Canada when the display of spring-flowering bulbs is at their peak. Daffodils, hyacinths, scilla, grape hyacinth and niany others appear in great profusion and a dazzling array of colors. Ail month long there are daffodils toerenoy. The first varieties te bloom -- the botanicals and miniatures -- already brightened up the showery April days and have passed along for another year. Now we have trumpet and large-cupped varieties te, assure us that spring has arrived once again. The famous poets narcissus, N. poeticus, with one flower per stem -- white perianth, golden-yellow cup sporting a bright red edge -- still adorns many Canadian gardens. Also this month the later-blooming Narcissus called jonquils will be in bloom, including 'Cheerfulness,' (creamy white; double-flowered) and 'Geramium' (bright white perianth and orange cup; single). Hyacinths continue their brillant blue, purple, red and white show .through May, as does its little. brother, Muscari, the grap hyacinth. Best known perhaps is the species M. armenlacumri, in dark blue-purple. This little bulb consists of spikes bearing tiny, bell-shaped flowers and stands about 22 cm or 9 in. high. There is also a white variety, M. botryoides 'Album' which provides an attractive contrast te other, mostly blue, types in this group. Other bulbe that bloom in most parts in Canada in May are.the summer snowfake, Leucojum, aestivumn, 'Ornithogalura and Scilla hispanica. Snowflakes look much like snowdrops (Galanthus) but are larger and flower later in the season. Nevertheless, they, too, have graceful, nodding, little white flowers -- from two te eight per 30 cm (12 in.) stem. Ornithogalum umbellatum, the-star-of-Bethlehem, bas starry white fiowers that open only in fine weather. Relatively hardy, it will naturalize in maný' places across this country. Scilla hispanica -- also called Silla campanulata -- the Spanish bluebeil, bears blue-violet fiowers, although there are pink and white varieties, ail about 40 to 50 cm (16 to 20 in.) taîl. Also hardy, scilla bear loose spikes of bell-shaped flowers and established plantings tend te mass in bold clamps and drifts. In May the earlies liles corne into bloorn, such as Illium pumnilum, with pendant bright ecarlet flowers whose petals are reflexed sharply. Aniong the most-cultivate les are the Midcentury hybrids and their first cultivars corne into bloomn now, too. At the end of the month, you may see the first Alium species. One of the most beautiful is Allium karataviense, whose little flowers, combined in a globular inflorescence, are first pale pink and later creamy white in color. The star of the May flower parade, however, is her majesty -the tulip. In May single and double varleties. Triumph and Darwin hybrids are in profusion, along with the more unusual tulips such as fringed (or T. Crispas), parrot viridiflora and lily-flowered types. A few late-fiowering botanicals bloom in May, as well, such as T.aucheriana, T. maijolettll and T. uruniiensis. Across Canada -- exoept in the warniest spots such as southern B.C. and Vancouver Island -- this is the time te plant summer-flowering bulbs and continue to the flower bulb parade until autumn. The assortment includes Gladiolous, Dahlias, Canna, Eucomie, Freesia, Hemerocallis, Homeria, bda, Crocosmida, Ornithogalum, Oxalis, Ranunculus, Tigridia and Zantedeschia. 14ARDIENN! Little-1known facts about bulbs and their flowers Didvu n cw that: Across most of the country this month Coeuxialns tI be planning th.elr summer gardens, u#tlch ofien include gladioli andl dahlias, like the ones shouii here. Hotoever, there are many other excitlng summer-flouerlng bulbs ta choose from this yeCW, such as canna, eucomls, freesia, day les, L>la, crocosýmia, oxalis, ranuriculus, tigridici andl clla lillies. Colorful han.grng baskets zlby Richard Pecinan .y i S A cotorful addition to any home or cottage, hanging baskets give a ýIlash of color and contrast most anywhere. But you say you can't grow beautiful hanging baskets! On the contraryl! A lot of care and patience have already gone inte the hanging basket you are about te purchase. Frequent fertilizing, constant cleaning and plenty. of pinching, have developed a hanging basket that is perfect. With plenty of growing StiR ta do, you can keep them perfect by choosing the proper location, and giving the proper care. The list below indicates the varieties available, and where they will grow best. varieties and colore. (east, northeast or north exposures or under overhangs):.- Elgin - coral, Elfin - blushe, Shôw Stopper - pink, Blitz - violet, Fantasia - wild cherry, Double Bloom - assorted. BEGONIAS - Ideal for the shady spot. The brillant colore are sure te, liven up a dulI day. (north - east): Non-Stop - apricot, orange, pink, scarlet, salmon, yellow, white, rose pinkr, deep scarlet. containers need extra nioisture and add some house plant food te *To foster growth and rich the water about once a month.SU OIR bloomning in dahlias and gladioli, e Amaryllie bulbe kept green by - it hlpsto ivethem. corne extra regular watering and fertili2ing NWGIE MAIN it helpeDoto ie'in the formn of through the winter can now be NEW UtINElAriMPATI eand 'Tood"? Dooors nethl dowell A oariu area e leafad special flower bulb fertilizer. mvdotorTe ild h __ excellent blooms. What moend Also, both of tý ese bulb f lowers in a sunny, sheltered spot onth I eay? An excellent choice for that growqit;alI *--bout a metre (3 balcony or in the garden. If yousny epoue (sth ft.) so, be ~to etake them dig theni inte the soul still in the SITADE LOF southwest, west, northwest, , the from potwatering will vary depending tes)Suhn -aord securely ta IMthTIENSomhpom -" nortes) ucie-acre bending or sna~ in the wind. on the container niateriai. In MAiN -Te ma colore. * nlra ~egnas are earthenware pots, they will popular bedding plant is also the quickly abfc by dry spelîs, hardly have te, be watered; those nuinher 1 choice in hanging VERBENA - Pink - loves the Espcaly t i n containers? in plastic will need more baskets, followed closely by the sun. F'ragrant blooms with a Maesure are watered "stance. (Remember te dig non-stop begonias. the modern Fifr-agfile appearance, but very Séitndr bom.h h &awaprofuiion o£ color. hazdy, LcAmg ha4igb.1oewive recenii in ag 5fd1 i ï at1 a 1 *f aOra ae, enýd aa dvfàlein several thèe *......d eul. - north and northeast). FUSCHIAS - No one can deny- the beauty of the fuschia in flower - beautiful pendant beils with. swept back sepals, in a choioe of colore; white, mauve, violet, creani, red, pink - often with two or even three colore on a growth habit je pendulous, there are a few varleties which have a slightly upward growth. (east, northeast, northwest, north, or under overhangs.) Beacon - dark rose/white-upward, Churchill - light pinlclwhite-upward, Swingtime - redpurle - pendulous, Swingtime -white/red - pendulous. GERANILJMS - Full sun is the ideal, but ight shade wiil be telerated. Many books can be written on geraniurne as they are stili the world'e nuniber 1 hanging basket and window box plant. (south - west - east) Syl Hoes - dark Pink, Cornel -