Your Spring Bulbs .. Curious :)

Hello everybody. Just thought i would post this out of curiosity. They all look so beautiful in spring. I have already purchased

• Hyacinth
• Grape Hyacinth
• Daffs
• Sparaxias
• Bluebells
• Snowdrops
• Tulips
• Crocus
• Iris

What have you all got?

 

Hi Kayleigh - I agree all of your listed flowers are great in the spring garden - some of my favourites are Anemone blanda, the Narcissi 'Petticoat', which has such a cute yellow flower and of course the lovely coloured Muscari and for early spring I love to see the Glory-of-the-Snow and Winter Aconites. We are so spoilt with the many varieties that are available. What I do enjoy is when you first see the bulbs emerging and you know that it is almost time to say goodbye to winter!

 

Oh i shall have to look at Anemone Blanda ... Don't think I've seen that one. I must say i do love tulips - there is just something about them that I'm drawn to hehe

 

What is the best time to plant the above?


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The best time for planting the above bulbs is from September onwards even through to December as long as the ground isn't frozen. If for some reason you cannot plant them as soon as you get them they must be kept in a frost-free area.
Anne

 

Me too - the damned things were everywhere! And the Spanish Bluebells too.

To go in I have Iris Katherine Hodgkin.................


This Iris from my last house..............


Snakeshead fritillaries that I bought with me..............


And I have just got more tubers of Hermodactylus tuberosus that I have grown for the last couple of years..............

 

Love the Irises Longk!

 

Thanks - I fully intend to plant quite a few of these dwarf Iris.

Not strictly a bulb (rhizomatous actually), but Iris japonica can be an early bloomer too if spring is mild.........

 

Beutiful Irises,Longk
The abundance of beautiful shapes and colors nature comes up with will never seize to amaze me
I just ordered these bulbs for September-planting:
Narzissus: "Ice King", "Winston Churchill" as well as
"Tahiti"
and
"Manly"

They'll be combined with
Allium "Purple Sensation" "Fritillaria Imperialis"
and

Camassia "Caerulea Elite"

and snakeskin frittilarias which longk posted already

Can't set Tulips because of the bleeping voles ...so I have to stick with the plants they do not prefer to gnaw on.

 

Grape Hyacinth are lovely but they multiply so fast and a few can look sweet ,a crowd is just too much,the small alliums are much the same.
I dug up my tulips and left them behind the greenhouse in pots over the summer ,when i looked at them 2/3 weeks ago for the first time it looked dire ,will check them out better and looks like I will be replacing them in coming months,

 

This is a beauty and it looks so delicate. I love dwarf irises and I've just started my own small collection. The one below is in it's 3rd year now and I was hoping to take seed from it this year, but unfortunately wind and rain battered the flowers within days of opening this spring, so it will have to be next year now.

 

It's fully hardy Sheal, and multiplies readily. Just divided it again today.

Do you have a name for yours? It's one to look out for........

 

No I haven't Longk. I've done some research on it and found irises very similar but not the same. My mum brought the original plant back from America many years ago.

 

Whilst ive been searching bulbs to buy i came across foxtail lilies..caught my eye ive not seen them before i might invest in some