The Bulb Garden is the newsletter of the Pacific Bulb Society (PBS). It is published about the third week of each quarter and is available to PBS members. This newsletter provides gardening or bulb related articles, news of interest to members, and announcements of the PBS.
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Anyone interested in writing for the newsletter should contact the editor, to inquire. We need articles ranging from garden design and personal experiences growing bulbs, to discussions of specific genera and families. Articles are accompanied by color photos, either from the authors or from our archive. Lead articles usually have 1200 to 1400 words; we also accept shorter pieces.
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Volume 16, issue 3 - Summer 2018 (received 14th December 2018)- Cyrtanthus falcatus, Culture and Propagation
Keith Fey - Doing Science with Ornamental Bulbs
Samantha Rose Hartogs - Polination of Cyrtanthus falcatus
Keith Fey - Board Minutes - July 29, 2018
- Treasurer's Report for First Quarter 2018
- In Memoriam Rachel and Rod Saunders
- Treasurer's Report
- Board Minutes
- April Bulb Displays - Vancouver, Canada and Beyond
Jo Canning - About Snowdrops
Judy Glattstein - Growing Cyclamen in Denver, CO
Robert Nold - Book announcement The Tian Shan and its Flowers
- New Bookmark Designs
- Treasurer's Report for Fiscal Year 2017
- BX/SX Director Dell Sherk Retiring
Mary Sue Ittner - Habranthus sanavirione: Environmental Study of a Rare and Endangered Species
Mariano Saviello - Growing Albuca species: A compendium
PBS List members - Welcome to New BX/SX Director Albert Stella
Nhu Nguyen - Treasurer's Report for 2017
- Board of Directors Meeting
- Growing Iris from Seed
Karl Dan - The Magical Fairy Lanterns
Nhu Nguyen - A Bit of Fun with Arum Species
Angelo Porcelli - Book review: The Amaryllidaceae of Southern Africa
Nicholas W. Plummer - Treasurer's Report
- Board of Directors Meeting
- A Whirlwind Tour of Tanzanian Geophytes
Cody Howard - Tropical Blue Waterlilies
Johannes (Uli) Urban - Book review: The World of Crocuses by Janis Ruksans
Robin Hansen - Collecting and Preparing Seed
Robin Hansen - SX/BX Notes
- Treasurer's Report
- Geissorhiza
Evan Eiffler - The Four Erythroniums of Vancouver Island
Paul Spriggs - Who Needs Orchids?
Paul J. Oliver-Smith - Treasurer's Report
- Board of Directors Meeting, January 2017
- Three Weeks in South Africa
Michael Mace - Treasurer's Report
- Board Meeting
- Bulbs in a Bioswale
Jane McGary - Bulb Lawns and Meadows
Robin Hansen - Fuss-Free Lachenalia
Tom Glavich - Treasurer's Report, 2nd Quarter 2016
- Board Meeting, July 2016
- Exciting South American Bulbs for Summer and Winter Growing
Nhu Nguyen - Treasurer's Report, 1st Quarter 2016
- Board Meeting, April 2016
- Scadoxus nutans and Other Epiphytic Plants of Southwestern Ethiopia
Jonathan Hutchinson - Calochortus of Western North America (Part II)
Kipp McMichael - Book Review: Steppes: The Plants and Ecology of the World's Semi-Arid Regions
Reviewed by Kathleen Sayce
- Spring Bulbs in Northern Greece
Tony Willis - Calochortus of Western North America
Kipp McMichael - Bulbs after Snowmelt from Baku to Diyarbakir
Jane McGary - Book Announcement: Flora of Oregon
- Book Review: The Genus Erythronium, Chris Clennett
Reviewed by Jane McGary
- Overview of the Species of the Genus Oncostema in Italy
Angelo Porcelli - Narcissus Polination Ecology
Travis Owen - The Unmanicured Lawn
Robin Hansen - Book Review: The Genus Tulipa: Tulips of the World
Reviewed by Jane McGary - Treasurer's Report, Year end 2014
- Board Meeting, December 2014
- Bulbs of the UC Botanical Garden's California Collection
Ben Anderson - Ledebouria scabrida: A Namibian Endemic
Cody Coyotee Howard - Some Amaryllids from the UC Botanical Garden Collections: Boophone, Brunsvigia and Haemanthus
Meghan Ray - Treasurer's Report, 1st and 2nd Quarters 2014
- Board Meeting, September 2014
- Amateur Bulb Adventures
Tony Peterson - The Theodore Payne Foundation for Wild Flowers & Native Plants
Tony Peterson - The Garden Pot
Robin Hansen - Book Review: Field Guide to Fynbos
Reviewed by Emilie Pulver - Treasurer's Report, Year End 2013
- Board Meeting, July & November 2013
- Mapping the World's Summer-Dry Climates II
Mike Mace
- California Adventures: Yosemite
Nhu Nguyen - Mapping the World's Summer-Dry Climates
Mike Mace - Book Review: Fall and Winter In the Solar Greenhouse
Reviewed by Jane McGary - Naturalizing Bulbs in Turf
Jane McGary - Treasurer's Report, Year End 2012
- Board Meeting, January 27 2013
- Coral Gems: Bessera Elegans and Anomatheca Laxa
Erle Nickel - Irises in Apulia
Angelo Porcelli - Summer Bulb Storage: An E-List Discussion
- Book Review: Glistening Carnivores: The Sticky-Leaved Insect-Eating Plants
Reviewed by Emilie Pulver - Treasurer's Report, Third Quarter 2012
- Board Meeting, July 29 2012
- A Bulb Tour in Northern Chile
Jane McGary - Winter Growing Bulbs from Seed in the Sonoran Desert
Leo Martin - Tenth Anniversary Get-Together
Nhu Nguyen - Book Review: Plant Form: An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Plant Morphology
Emille Pulver - Treasurer's Report, Second Quarter 2012
- My Journey With Scadoxus
Pieter van der Walt - South African Bulbs Under Glass
Matt Mattus - Old Friends Emerging, Giving Refuge
Mary Rose - Book Review: Bulb Forcing for the Beginner and the Seriously Smitten
Jane McGary - Board of Directors Meeting, April 2012
- Fun with Moraeas
Mike Mace - IBSA Symposium 2011
Rachel Saunders - From My Point of View
Marguerite English - Book Review of The Kew Plant Glossary
Pamela Slate - California Adventures:Geophytic Discoveries of Mount Diablo
Nhu Nguyen - Planned PBS Gathering in Northern California
Nhu Nguyen - Board of Directors Meeting, January 2012
- Treasurer's Report, Year End 2011
- Galanthomania (snowdrop madness)
Freda Cox - Starting a Bulb Collection Part 2
Alberto Castillo - Zephryanthes in the Land of the Long White Cloud (New Zealand)
Ina Crossley - September get-together of PBS members from Northern California
Nhu Nguyen - From My Point of View
Marguerite English
- Pacific Point of View
Jim Waddick - Starting a Bulb Collection
Alberto Castillo - Califorinia Adventures: Ring Mountain's Geophytic Treasures
Nhu Nguyen - From My Point of View
Marguerite English - Board of Directors Meeting, May 2011
- Treasurer's Report
- Denver Botanic Garden:Diversity in the Rocky Mountain Region
Sarada Krishnan - Passing the Torch
Robert Werra - From My Point of View
Marguerite English - Book Review of Graham Duncan's Grow Bulbs
Jane McGary - Board of Directors Meeting, January 2011
- Treasurer's Report, Year End 2010