Bulbs: Spring Bulbs Pictures & Discussion: Part IV, 1 by gemini_sage

gemini_sage wrote:
Steve, you bragger! Just kidding, brag on! Actually, loving it, and so looking forward to iris and peonies.

Thanks all, and come on down! Really, I would love to host a small, informal plant swap this spring or summer. I think it's gonna be a good year (fingers crossed, weather allowing).

I'll have to check my records on the Trout lily species, but it's the wild form; I did'nt plant it. They were already naturalized beautifully when I moved here, but since the area has been mowed in summer and maintained (as it's the front yard) they have multiplied like bunnies! It was practically a carpet of those mottled leaves last year, but they look much thicker. They're so strange to; the little bulbs have this foot-like root that apparantly pulls the bulb deep into the ground. Since the soil here is so deep and loose, a bulb the size of a pea will often be 8" deep. So as abundant as they are, I've found them a real pain to move.