Bulbs: Spring Bulbs - pictures & discussion: Part VI, 0 by critterologist

critterologist wrote:
Yep, that's Bergenia in the mixed planting above with the single daff bloom... Those fat, spotted leaves next to it are a bit of a mystery... I *thought* that was where I had planted a clump of Chalochortus 'Venustus', but now that I look up its description (it was a new-to-me variety from B&B last fall), I see that Chalochortus leaves are quite different... This looks more like the leaf of one of those early greigii tulips... maybe I got a mislabeled bag, or maybe I just have no clue where I ended up planting what! They're developing fat buds now, so hopefully I can figure it out once it blooms. :-)

I went back and added a couple of daff names, above....

There's a bit of a story with the 'Little Princess' tulips... I'd ordered a bunch of 'Little Beauty' tulips to put alongside a new paver walkway, but the supplier had a labeling mixup, and they came up orange rather than magenta, definitely 'Little Princess'. I'm not especially keen on orange flowers, and they really clash with the walkway... Aaron sent me replacements, which I put in last fall, and those are blooming true now as 'Little Beauty'. I thought I had managed to dig up all the 'Little Princess' bulbs, but clearly I missed a few (they really multiply!)...

So now, near one corner of the walkway, I have 'Little Beauty' (magenta, purple center, at top of photo), 'Little Princess' (orange), and right on the corner, there's a deep orange bloom that I do rather like and will mark so I don't dig it up... It must be a sport of 'Little Princess', and I'm curious as to whether it will continue to bloom this color...