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Now it's almost over, how did your bulbs do?
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Posted by linnea2 z5 NY (My Page) on Thu, Jun 1, 06 at 21:17
Gotta read up on Fritillarias.
The only ones that came up strong and healthy were the 'Persica',
which are supposedly marginal here.
Not ONE 'Crown Imperial'. Pricey buggers, too! 3 for 17.00 I think.
Gave them wood ashes too, and food, and drainage.
Everything else was gorgeous! Except Tulipa 'Artist', pictured
as burnt orangey/green. It was a washed-out beige-gray pink.
The hardy Glad.'Byzantinus' are just starting.
And the late Alliums.
One tulip, a multi flowering, called 'Antoinette', is amazing!
Many weeks of creamy yellow slowly changing to deep blush rose.
I'm re-ordering that one, and the black peony flowering one,
'Black hero', Blacker by far than 'Queen of the night'.
Hooray for rotten egg deer spray!
I did pack them in a bit too tight.
In "Mass graves" as Lauren Springer calls them.
How were yours?
What do you plant with them? I didn't succeed with either Wallflowers
or Mysotis this year. |
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RE: Now it's almost over, how did your bulbs do?
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| A vole took out about a dozen tulips before he finally succumbed to mouse poison. Had a great display of White Triumphator and Sorbet tulips and the cheapies I bought last fall at the end of the season from Lowe's did well too but had small flowers. Had a good display of nectarscordum siculum and right now allium christophii is coming into bloom and looks great. For the very first time had success with hoop petticoat daffs - what little charmers they are! And this was the year that narcissus alba plena, the old-fashioned, very fragrant,double white, gave a great flourish of flowers which just finished up (they are always very late but often don't manage to open any flowers). |
RE: Now it's almost over, how did your bulbs do?
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| My winners were from a bag of rock garden daffodils. What tiny charmers! All my bulbs came up and did fine because I had no bulb chewers. I caught any varmints before they had a chance, plus I planted all new bulbs with chicken grit (crushed seashells) around them (thanks, oldroser for that tip). Very tall (Dutch??) iris (from bulbs) are just blooming now...what a striking display with the roses! This year I planted bulbs all over the place between perennials and along the path edges. It was a treat to see them in surprise places, esp. the tiny daffs. |
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