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Article: Bulb of the year
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
- Article date:
- September 10, 2006
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Every year, in the heat of the summer, a group of garden writers,
growers and designers meet to select the International Flower Bulb
Centre's official bulb of the year. Each of the 20 or so participants
has to nominate two bulbs, one spring-flowering and one autumn, and
try to coax, convince or cajole their colleagues into voting for
them. I've always found gardeners a pretty mild-tempered lot, so I've
been amazed, whenever I've been on the panel, by the heat and fervour
of the debate.
This autumn's clear winner (selected in summer 2005) is Muscari
latifolium - a variation on the humble grape hyacinth. There are many
species and cultivars of Muscari, most of which are variations on the ...