What fall planted bulbs will you order this year?

The multi-colored Mayflowering tulips that were in this bed last year are now in another bed, at the back of the garden - they are further along. Here's how they looked on Sunday.

So it is best to replant tulips each year. I don't remember my mom doing that, hers always came up nice each year. I guess things are not what they really use to be...lol

I don't ever dig mine up and replant tulips, much too much work for me.

Same here ,newyorkrita That is too much., I would just replant more each year, or none at all if they did not come back...lol

I used to dig 'em up and toss them each spring, until DonnaMack encouraged me to save and replant them. It saves me a lot of ca$h and, hey, I need the exercise - LOL.

This year it looks like I got a very decent return on many of the tulips. I bought mainly Darwins and planted them deep.

Like I said, I dont remember my mom digging hers up, but each year they were so pretty.

The secret must be in the type of tulips planted. These Darwins planted deep are coming back but some other types I tried have not appeared yet and I figgure that means they are not going to appear.

It has to be, I have never heard of someone having to dig up tulips each year and then replant. But the ones I planted years ago are caput... no more.

To be very successful with getting a good return on tulips,you need to grow them in a very dry summer bed where you don't water. My best returning ones are inter-planted in our herb beds that we rarely water. But even Darwin's will generally begin to peter out after 5 or 6 years. So lifting them makes sense if you want to have them in areas that are watered during the summer. But that is a lot of work unless you have one of those huge machines that the use in Holland to dig them up. Plus then you need to dry and store the bulbs from June until Oct. I admire all the work leawood does. patti

I would much rather buy new ones and plant again than even think about lifting and replanting. My tulips around here usually decline in numbers until I have to plant again. But those darwins look like they are going to be very good for this their second year. At least in terms of coming up. Too soon to tell if they will bloom well or just be lots of folliage.

I planned on digging up my tulips after they bloomed last year , and just got too busy to do it. I keep adding tulips to these beds every year, and while doing this, I found many of my previously planted tulips, which had multiplied. I love LeawoodGardener's threads, and how well his replanted tulip grow and bloom so well.

My beds that these tulips are planted are raised beds that get watered by our sprinkler twice per week, but I suspect due to our hot dry summers, they don't rot. I'm going to defer adding any more tulips to see what these do over the next several years. I was always told that tulips would not come back here in GA.

I always think of spring when my crocus bloom. Today I have three crocus blooming so that means it must officially be spring in my garden. I used to have more crocus, I just don't anymore what with all the garden bed redos. I have decided that I will definately plant a really large amount of them this fall so that I don't have any problems finding crocus blooming next spring. I think I should add at least a thousand.

I found one lonely one blooming today. I have the same problem Newyorkrita. The bed that they were in years ago has been redone a few times. So i don't see many anymore.

I had crocus here from 40 years ago. But redo the garden and lose some here and there until there is almost nothing left. I honestlly don't know why I didn't order and plant more crocus last year. I ment to do it. So defineatly gonna have to do so for this coming fall.

Brent and Beckies has their bulbs up already for 2012. Order before July (I always do) and get the early ordering discount.

https://store.brentandbeckysbulbs.com/spring/

Thanks for the link Rita.

I seem to get some bulbs from Brent and Beckies most every year. :-)

We're getting a nice, gentle rain today, which seems to have made the daffodils around my pond grow overnight!

Those will soon be blooming nicely.

I just got in my order of lilies and they are already sprouting. Can I plant them now and will they do ok in large pots. I don't want to voles to eat anymore.

I've had lilies do fine in pots their first year but not so well after that... I don't know if it's the additional heat of being in the container or what... I didn't try huge pots, but I've tried 14 to 18 inch size containers, usually 3 to a pot. Maybe pots this year and then try planting them with sharp gravel or a wire mesh cage or something to deter the voles?