Bulbs: A perennial to plant with tulips?, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
I'd say hostas for sure, I have some dwarf double red tulips around the edge of my raised bed, they are strongly scented of honeycomb, honey with the beeswax, and are gorgeous. I think the name is Electra. I also have some dwarf botanicals called Eastern Star, they have taken years to flower but did last year, and make runners with more bulbs and evergreen foliage over winter. They are early, and flower as the hostas start in growth. I have some others amongst the bed including Blue parrot tulips, they flowered again last year after 3 to 4 years recovery, and come a little later but before the hostas take over. Tulips like a dry summer spell and this provides them with it as the hostas take the moisture, here's mine