The "little blue bulbs"let's see some pics?...

Here is a classic combo.

The Muscari azureum are showing more color now. They are smaller than I was expecting, but the color is a bibrant, azure blue.

And puschkinia

LOL Is that like fantabulous? brilliant / vibrant

Just teasin' ~ they're beautiful!

While M.azureum is coloring up before M.armeniacum, it's still not quite on time with the earlier daffs. These Crocus 'Blue Pearl' bloom with the daffs, but for me the color is too soft (and therefore lost) with the strong yellow of my earliest daffs. What are the earliest blooming white daffs for any and all of you?

Lol, Moby, I just caught that. Meant to say 'bribrant', lol.

I can't quite tell if these blue flowers are a kind of wild hyacinth (multiflora) or perhaps a scilla/hyacinthoide. They were about 10 inches tall. Very effective combination, though. Any ideas?

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I think those are hyacinths that have divided over a few years, or could be festival hyacinths. I love the graceful look of them, even more than the bulky first year spikes.

I saw 8 packs of muscari at Homey D's for 9.99 this week. this isn't a price for naturlizing but they are almost in bloom and if you needed to bulk up a spot in your daffs, this might do it. there are several plants in each of the 8 sections. I bought the tete a tete daffodils for use in window boxes on my deck. muscari will multiply quickly from year to year. I love their blue.
Martha

I planted a whole bunch of crocus Blue Pearl, like Neal shows above, and I agree they just don't show up, too pale. I'm thinking maybe planting a darker blue crocus by them might show them up better? In and of themselves they are beautiful, however, just lost in the garden.

I saw that our local plantplace had some Muscaris left over. Isn't it too late to plant them in the ground? I thought if i could get a good deal, I'd get them and pot them up and put them in the spare fridge to force this summer.

Robert.

I'm going to go to Walmart tomorrow and get some of their hyacinths at half-price and I will probably put them in the ground. I did that last year with some Tete-a-tete daffodils and when they came up this year, I had a clump double the size it was last year. In the ground, they'll just work on growing larger bulbs.

Great to hear that. Thanks.

I wonder if our soil down south isn't already too warm for me to plant in the ground.........

Robert.

I've planted mini daffs before in the summer and they came up just fine the following spring. Go for it!

Steve

Hi, Tammy-- took another look at your anemone blanda now that my dogwood is just about to bloom--

Does your anemone blanda bloom WITH your dogwoods, or before? Just wondering? I thought it might be good with the daffodil 'Thalia' that blooms under the dogwood...

Also just a note to those looking for companion flowers with late blooming daffs--my Standard Dwarf Iris (a claret color--but they come in blue, too, just to stay on Thread theme!)) started to bloom a couple of days ago with my late white daffodils (I think the daffs are 'acropolis')...very pretty (accidental) combination. I also have my early purple/claret azaleas just coming into bloom and purple-y coral bell foliage in the same bed) I am going to try to 'develop' this 'color echo-ing' in this garden for next year---maybe try to add some purple-y or ivory early tulips (if if I can protect them from the critters)...

gem and pollyk--back to the Crocus chrysanthus 'blue pearl'--I noticed that Scheepers offers it as part of their species crocus "Grand Collection"--so maybe that would be a way to plant it with partners that would offer contrast or to brighten the subtle coloring-- just an idea--the price was 250 for $23.00 (in 2005 catalog)

I am planning on digging up some of my (misplaced) daffs while they are still in bloom and replanting them right away to get the garden 'color scheme' pulled together for next year. Too many renegades spoiling the 'effect'. Never thought daffs would clash, but after growing them for a year I have finally figured out (slow learner) that they do clash in both color and form...

Did I mention that last week I joined the American Daffodil Society? And put an
"I GROW DAFFODILS" sticker on my car. My kids are having apoplexy over that one! LOL

Can you tell I am pouring over the B&B and Scheepers catalogs looking for companion and 'color echo' bulbs for my daffodill collection? Trying to get the timing right. Not easy, either, is it?!

And yesterday I dosed all my bulbs with a low Nitrogen high Potassium fertilizer. I wonder if it makes a difference? I don't really think so, but I could stand corrected on that, if someone has contrary evidence to report!?

Would love to see more pics of bulb companion plantings. Lots of fun.

How is your (bulb) garden growing?

A few n. Hawera with m. 'know not what kind' under the Japanese maple...

And a few daffs from our 'white daffodil mixture' from Scheepers (plus a few others)... a blue plate underneath that's a stand-in for the 'little blue bulbs' I want for the garden... (-:

Lovely, lovely.....

Tabasco - the anemone blanda are still blooming when the dogwoods bloom. I've underplanted
the dogwood with purple tulips and blue & pink hyacinth as well as the anemone's. There are not
many places the critters around here let me have tulips so I plant 'em where I can!
Tam

I have heard that if you plant daffs with tulips, they'll keep the critters away. Of course I realise they may wreck your color echoes and definitely wouldn't be blue... I don't know what to say!

xx, Carrie

These are not 'little blue bulbs' per se, but these short bearded iris are very cute with the n. 'hawera' and other very late daffs.

Here are the last Chionodoxa with my first red Tulip.
Pic taken about a week ago.
Andy P

I bought 80 'Big Blue' Grape Hyacinth last fall and planted them in front of my astilbes. They truly are "big" for grape hyachinths. They're almost finished now. But I really did enjoy them.

http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/105377/

Absolutely love those iris with 'Hawera'!