Growing Bulbs on the Dry Side of Vancouver Island

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Monday, February 24th, 2014
1:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Dr. Hans Roemer�s presentation will be on the bulbs that are happy with our local climate on SE Vancouver Island. He will emphasize species (or �botanical�) bulbs and those that are small enough to fit rock gardens or containers in a cold frame or alpine house.

Hans has selected the species he grows on the basis of their home climate and will briefly demonstrate this selection process with maps and climate diagrams. He will show many members of the genus Crocus, Narcissus, Fritillaria and Tulipa, as well as those of smaller groups and will discuss their needs and favorite garden habitats.

Qualicum Beach Civic Centre, Lions Room, 747 Jones St., QB
$5 at door includes Entry in Prize Draw and Coffee/Tea.

For further information, please contact Valerie Melanson, [email protected], tel. #250-594-4423

Speaker Bio:

Hans Roemer was born and raised in southern Germany. Before coming to Canada he apprenticed in horticulture and studied landscape architecture and landscape ecology.

After his immigration to Canada in 1967, he specialized in plant ecology and earned a PhD degree in this field from the University of Victoria in 1972.

Most of his professional work was in the conservation field with the provincial Ecological Reserves Program and with the Provincial Park System. After retiring from the provincial civil service in 2002, Hans has been working as a botanical consultant, mainly in rare plant inventories and monitoring.

Hans has been a member of the Vancouver Island Rock and Alpine Garden Society for over 30 years and led many club outings to the mountains of Vancouver Island and northern Washington State. Most of his gardening is with bulbs and other drought-tolerant plants. Hans is a contributor to a new book on alpine plants of the Pacific Northwest (Pojar & MacKinnon 2013).