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• Spare Bulbs

  If you are like me, you buy too many bulbs every year. Around Thanksgiving you heave most of the remaining bulbs into the ground with a sigh of relief. However, if you are like me, more often than not, you also have a few left over. Simply keeping them... Posted Dec 01 2008, 11:18 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: fall gardening, spring blooming bulbs, left over bulbs

• Multi Tasking

  Every year I order too many bulbs. It's the bulb vendors' fault--they make all the tulips, daffodils and crocuses look so gorgeous that it would take a will of iron not to order a large number of them Now it is early November. The yard is full... Posted Nov 04 2008, 05:58 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: fall gardening, spring blooming bulbs, daffodils, fall chores, fall clean-up

• Grape Hyacinths

  When most of us think about spring-blooming bulbs, we focus on daffodils and tulips. Both are essential in spring, but there are so many of the so-called "little bulbs" that cost a pittance and add a new dimension to the spring garden. I am... Posted Oct 15 2008, 10:42 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: fall gardening, container gardening, spring blooming bulbs, muscari, grape hyacinth

• Alliums for Spring

  Everyone I speak to lately has deer problems. People in suburbs that have never had deer suddenly find bucks in the front yard chomping on the daylilies and does in the back munching on the hostas. If you can't afford deer fencing (or are still saving... Posted Oct 06 2008, 08:39 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: deer resistant planting, spring blooming bulbs, alliums, ornamental onion

• Sweet Smelling Spring

  Fragrance is essential in a successful garden. If you are choosing spring-flowering bulbs remember to check labels for any reference to scent. Hyacinths , of course, are the stars of the scented spring garden, but some varieties of tulips and daffodils... Posted Sep 29 2008, 06:39 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: bulbs, tulips, spring blooming bulbs, fragrant spring flowers, fragrant flowers, daffodils

• Fringed Tulips

  Several years ago I was helping out in a neighbor's back yard. The yard was quite deep and I discovered during the course of my work that my neighbor kept an eight by ten area at the very back for a large compost pile. Her landscaper routinely dumped... Posted Sep 11 2008, 12:31 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: bulbs, tulips, fringed tulips, fall planted bulbs, spring blooming bulbs