I tried not to go too crazy with bulbs this fall. The back hill garden is so jam-packed with big annuals that I can't get in there to plant bulbs anyway! And other areas I want to make a few changes to the perennials before I plant too many bulbs (otherwise inevitably when I'm moving perennials around I accidentally dig up some bulbs that are hiding somewhere where I've forgotten about them... I've seen some people suggest marking them with sticks, flags, etc., but does anyone actually do that?) I'll try to be more organized next spring and take pictures of where bulbs already are and where I want to add more...
Anyway, I could resist putting just a few things in this year:
- 20 allium (ornamental onion) 'Purple Sensation' because it's got to just about my favourite spring bulb EVER, and it comes back reliably year after year.
- 40 muscari (grape hyacinth) of various shades because, hey! blue is my favourite colour!!
- 40 species tulips that do well and even slowly multiply in Calgary
- 40 siberian squill - I have lots of the pretty little blue ones so I thought I'd try the white variety this year.
Great selection of bulbs, I just ordered a good few on offer to will have a couple of hundred to plant!! No doubt I'll also dig them up by accident...
Posted by: Liz | September 15, 2009 at 03:08 PM