Bulbs: As far as most gardeners are concerned, bulbs include corms, tubers or rhizomes. These are easy to grow and require little attention. A bulb is a modified shoot with layers of fleshly s cales which are closely folded over each other, and filled with reserve plant foods, including protein, starch or sugar to carry it through the dormant period. Some bulbs suxh as onions, narcissus and tulip have swollen scales that completely envelop the bulb. These are known as scaly bulbs. It should be noted that the parent bulb dies during the course of the seaon, leaving one or two large off-spring bulbs,a nd possibly a few smaller ones. Shallot and garlic produce several off-spring bulbs during the course o ...

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