Bulbs: Lessons Learned, 1 by billyporter

billyporter wrote:
Donna, thanks, but I am not the expert! I do have a lot of flower and bulb books :o)!

The species are so different and I love them. I just need to plant some.

1990. I had a clean slate. On the hottest day of the year, I dug trenches and transplanted over 100 tall pink tulips to the outer row and down the sides. Next came those I got from Michigan Bulb. In front are the Red Riding Hoods. I dug small patches needing divided, never dreaming there were over 100 in most of them. It was a grand show for many years and was always the tulip bed even when there were hardly any left. Then quackgrass invaded and I dug the entire bed. It's now my garden but I still have a few of the tulips lingering.

My Grandma started me off with 3 bulbs each of the RRHood and the tall pinks in 1982. The Michigan Bulbs were bought in 1981.