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Beautiful Patti!! Love the fritillaria

Sadly, Most tulips don't return reliable for me either. We have the best luck with the ones planted in our "Hot Bed" and Herb Beds" as they get the least amount of water during the summer. All tulips need a hot baked, low water site and buried deep to have any chance of personalizing, plus no voles.

Dang things do the damage, not the poor little moles who eat grubs. But the Moles do dig the tunnels that the voles scurry around in while eating the roots and bulbs in the garden. We try to make the Moles leave via organic methods to encourage the voles to vacate too. The nasty voles are harder to move along except by using traps. I may resort to that this summer as they were bad last summer. Off with their heads!

Celeste, thanks, I am always happy to see a Frit.

Some yellow ones I like. Patti

Some yummy oranges Patti

And on today some red and white ones. Hearts. Patti

I have saved photos of your tulips. Its something to work towards.

Beautiful DL's, Celeste and Jo.

Jo, I have pink rambler roses on that arbor, old ones that my late mother planted, and I moved them there, as they were rambling out of control in another area. That arbor is leaning way over now. Don't know if I can fix it. Might have to get a new one this year. I don't have any clems on it, but maybe I should get some for it. It's in my pink themed garden. Have any recommendations?

Very nice collages, Patti. I have found that the tulips that come back the most reliably are the Darwin hybrids. Also the species tulips are great for coming back year after year, and they'll seed in, too. Most hybrid tulips are good for one year, and that's it. I no longer buy them for that reason.

Karen

Echi 'Tomato Soup'. This past summer was the first season for this one. Planted it in the fall of 2009.

Echi 'Big Sky Twilight'

Just started a new thread: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1158668/

Karen

Arlene, your "Crystal Halo" is very a pretty picture. What kind of flower is that?

JI stands for Japanese Iris

thanks

no prob