Bulbs: My Bed of Tulips II, 1 by DonnaMack

DonnaMack wrote:
Same bed in August. I pull up the tulips and dry them, and put in gladiolus Good News, pulled out of storage. Then add Mirabilis jalapa in lavender pink, garden balsam in pink, red and purple, verbena bonariensis and nicotiana alata. The combo looks good for some time, although the garden balsam deteriorates.

I collect the garden balsam seed (and separate the colors, because they only come in mixes) collect the pinky mirabilis (I like it because it's unusual) dry and store them. Nikkis and verbena b come up every year once you have them in your yard. I just pull the excess.