Bulbs: Daffodils: Part 2!, 1 by Bookerc1

Bookerc1 wrote:
Daffodils, muscari, and daylilies do keep coming up,and in fact will keep multiplying to fill in the gaps. When they start to get crowded, you can dig them up and divide them.

Unfortunately, tulips and hyacinths only last a year or two (usually, especially in hot areas). Mine in IL are great the first year, smaller the second year, and kinda puny and twisted by the third year. Too bad they don't last forever, too.

I'm a newbie, too, but I'm learning lots this year! Bulbs are my favorites; I just NEED all that color after the cold and grey of winter!

The peonies were here when we moved in (about 25 total!), and last fall I added the daffs, tulips, daylilies, and a mixed pack of "minor bulbs," in front. The dirt strip in between is where the gladiolus are, but they haven't come up yet. I think they bloom later than the peonies, so hope it won't look strange to have them taller than the peony bushes. I will probably put them somewhere different next year, assuming I get them dug this fall--I prefer "plant 'em and forget 'em" flowers, but my MIL bought them for my two DS's, and we wanted to stick them in the ground quick before she came over. I KNEW she would ask if we'd planted them. . .

Wish the peonies hadn't all been in a straight row. Somehow the "soldierly rows" don't give the effect I always hope for! I want to add some more curved lines and make it a little more "shapely."