Bulbs: I am new to ALLIUMS, 2 by DonnaMack

DonnaMack wrote:
Marcia,

I'm curious. Are you saying that your crocuses are erratic in their return? I have put in lots of the old heirloom crocus vernus, like Pickwick, King of the Striped, Vanguard, and my favorite, Remembrance. I put these where there were no squirrels, and I was puzzled that they did not come back. The white ones (Joan of Arc) never repeated. Did this happen to your too?

I love iris reticulata. In the past years I have grown Harmony and J S Dilt. I am probably going to get them again when I have figured out my new yard.

But what I CANNOT resist is chionodoxa. I grew the white ones around a linden. When nothing else is blooming, the grasses have been cut down, and things look ratty, there they are. They tend to spread, and they get along very well with tree roots. And they are gorgeous! (Pics 1 and 2)

Then here is Pink Giant. Much larger. I grow it with my white and pink and white daffs, but they actually bloom sooner! So instead of getting them together I get them in succession, which is fine.

Then there is the brilliant blue of tiny sardensis, which I grow with lilium candidum and near my peonies.

They are all inexpensive to buy, and they all multiply.

When choosing between chionodoxa, I always remember what Brent and Becky noted. Scilla face down, while chionodoxa face up. It's like they are smiling at you.

And NOBODY has them. And they're cheap!

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