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Show fgc 22 tome Magazine, THE DAILY HERALD, Friday, October 16, 1998 Minor bulbs can have major impact in gardens By NANCY BRACHEY Newspapers Knight-Riiid- Sure, you know daffodils. Sure, you know tulips. Sure, you know hyacinths. But do you know allium, ieucojum and muscari? Get to know these bulbs, despite their oddball names. Their shape an alliums round purple globe atop a slender stem is often different, an exciting contrast to the trumpet-shaped yellow daffodil. Their style a fritillaria's nodding bloom patterned with checks purplish-pinmakes a charming alternative to solid-colo- r tulips and crocuses. Their colors intense blues of muscari and bluebells keep the blue season going after the hyacinths and softens the bold yellows, reds, pinks and oranges of spring. Perhaps you don't know these flowers because they and a host of others rank in the large category of bulbs often called minor, secondary or little. Gardeners often overlook them in the race for the better-knowtulips, daffodils and hyacinths. But they make dramatic or secondary accents in flower beds. Or scatter the smaller types particularly the earliest bloomers, such as snowdrops, winter crocuses or winter aconites informally around trees or shrubs. Then let them surprise you with winter bloom as you're dashing off to work in the chill of February. frit-illari- k n bloom from late spring to early summer. While alliums made their debut as garden flowers a century or more ago, they became popular recently, as a wider range of colors and heights came onto the market. I)ok for them in pure white, cream, yellow, pink, red, blue and an named Purple Sensation. The blooms make dramatic cut flowers for indoors, and don't worry, the garlic scent disappears once the stem is put into water. Grow alliums in sun or light shade. Plant them twice as deep as the bulb's diameter in soil that's on the well-draine- d sandy side. ERANTHIS: A tiny plant that grows about 2 inches tall, eran-thi- s d bears golden-yelloflowers atop green tufts in the dead of winter. Grow eran-thi- s in dampish, shady spots. (Summer drought can shorten the life of the plants, which grow from brown tubers.) Set the tubers about 2 inches deep; don't delay planting after you buy tubers may be them, as dried-uhard to jostle into growth. cup-shape- p 600 North 450 West, Alpine, 101798 101798& accepted on Meet realtor at lots 9:00am-Noo- n 1:00pm-- 3 :00pm TDM DELL'ERGO 11000 WESTFELORE N. 5222 W. Highland. 763-890- 0. frit-illar- unusual, the guinea hen flower (Fritillaria meleagris) ranks as both odd and pretty. Those contrasting attributes arise from the gracefully nodding, d blooms with a purplish-pinchecked design in midspring. Some flowers will be white.) This fritillaria rises about 10 to 12 inches tall. Plant it in a sunny spot, in fertile, soil, about 3 to 4 inches deep. Crown Imperial is a better-know- n fritillaria. It will top out about 3 feet tall, bears big, nodflowers, usualding brace yourself ly orange, and has bulbs that smell sort of like ... a skunk. Just plant them. k well-draine- d bell-shape- d MUSCARI: Good for edgings and containers, Muscari latifolium makes a g long-lastin- plant that bears purplish-blublooms in a cluster shape. In early spring, the blooms rise e . . ? inches above slim, grassy leaves that last for months after the blooms are gone. Other varieties come in white and other shades of blue. Plant them about 3 to 4 inches deep in a sunny spot. . well-draine- d the-Sno- mid-Marc- , ctp - ' soN In a surmy spot SciUa. For people who love blue, a sdKa commonly called Spring Beauty is a top choice. 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