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TH. GLADIS
as much time as possible in these gardens. They live in self-made cabins, grow their
crops, cook tea, prepare and consume their food, invite friends, neighbours and the
whole extended family several times per year.
The hedges are tight, the fences full with climbing beans, peas, pumpkins. Water is a
limiting factor in the gardens. Rainwater is collected and sparsely applied to the
crops. It is relatively easy to distinguish between common plant varieties and seeds
which the immigrants brought along with them. The local varieties of immigrants are
not homogeneous. Each family has material with morphologically distinct characters
for different uses. Seed growing is commonly observed.
In some cases the gardeners cultivate plant species which are not yet reported as
crop plants for the territory of Germany officially. Two examples of such plants are
Chaerophyllum byzantinum Boiss. and Trachystemon orientalis (L.) G. Don. In
Turkey, both are wild plants collected by the people in their native environment.
Chaerophyllum has a flavour comparable to parsley and is frequently used as a spice
throughout the year. Trachystemon is harvested in early spring. The leaf stalks are
consumed as vegetable. Both plant species are not available from the German flora.
The preferences for these plants led to the decision to transfer them and to cultivate
them here for use in kitchen. Trachystemon orientalis is a beautiful slow growing
plant. It is offered in garden markets sometimes as an ornamental for shaded places
in gardens because of its nice blue flowers and the dark green foliage.
A preliminary checklist of the plants observed in immigrant gardens and the
respective nationalities of the gardeners are presented in Table 1.
Tab. 1: List of cultivated plants observed in immigrant gardens in southern
parts of Bonn (excluding weeds and grassland)
Plant names uses 2
Frequency differential species, remarks
Abelmoschus esculentus (L.)
Moench
v 3 E*
Achillea sp. o 3 vegetatively, no flowers observed
Alcea rosea L. o 3
Allium cepa L. v 1 S*
Allium cf. porrum L. v 1 S* comparable to pearl onion
Allium fistulosum L. vs 3
Allium sativum L. s 2 S*
Allium schoenoprasum L. s 3
Allium × proliferum (Moench)
Schrad. ex Willd.
vo 3
2 see legend
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