Home Depot Bulbs

Finally the seal has been broken. I just went to HOME Depot during my lunch time and went crazy over the bulbs. I purchased 6 Crown Imperials, 8 "Best Bet" Iris, 15 "Queen of the night" tulips. and a bag of BONE MEAL fertilizer. The nice thing about it is it is still early in the season. You have options & choices for healthy & alive bulbs & rhizomes. The Crown Imperials actually have fresh roots coming out. The Irises have new leaves coming out.

That is just a beginning. I am sure more to come, much more!! How many of us here usually buy more bulbs than you actually need? LOL!!

Oh, I'm so excited to see a question I can answer! The answer is that NOBODY can have too many bulbs. ;-) We need them all.

Or at least we think. Mike

This is my first year buying bulbs. I have 15 irises in the ground. Another 15-20 to plant. Plus about 20 tulips, 15 daffodils, and 60 crocuses. And that's not counting the orders I have coming from Scheepers, Dutch Gardens, and Suttons.

A couple of the places I'm thinking of putting them are only half sun, but it's intense, high-altitude Colorado sun. Would they thrive there? Full sun in summer here is about 12-14 hours of hot sun. Might be too much, I'm thinking.

Hyger;
Late tulips, I have found, can suffer (petal-wise) from hot sun here. Mainly next to white-painted edifices...
I have also been suprised to find that many narcissus do not like a tree's shade, and will not bloom the next year. Under a tree, I know for sure, 'Changing Colors' and N. canaliculatus will not get enough light. But when I think about how long the leaves persist to collect solar energy, it is understandable.
So in a relative nutshell, Narc to the sun and Tulips to the shade. (BIG disclaimer: Just in COLORADO.)
Crocus are happy-go-lucky schmucks anywhere they go.

Kenton (who by all means needs them all.)

I was at Sams today. They seem to have the best deal on a lot of bulbs. Daff and tulips were 100 bulbs for less than 20.00. Less variety but more bulbs.

Never too many bulbs. Ever. This is not a thought. This is fact. ;-)

Here here.

Apparently not. I just got my Scheepers order. More crocus, more tulips, and some daffodils! Nice, solid bulbs all.

I am going to spend this weekend planting. Nothing else is going to intervene. Except maybe unpacking.

Just planted some Rosy Dawn and Misty Glen daffodils. The latter is a white perianth with green cup. I got them in a bag from the supermarket. They were imported by Langeveld it says on the package. Here's a picture. Can't wait to see them in the spring.
Martha

This message was edited Oct 3, 2006 2:05 PM

I found some nice bulbs at Costco yesterday. They had smaller bags of one variety, good selection, for $8.99 and big bags of 75-100 for $11.99. They were all named varieties in the big bags too, not generic mixes.

I got a mix of 75 Mount Hood, Red Devon and Pink Pride daffodils, 10-12 cm which isn't huge but is okay for the price.

Question - Here in zone 5a an iris planted this late just pops out of the soil. Because the rhizome hasn't had enough time to firmly root in the soil the winter cycles of freeze/thaw force them on top of the ground and they rot. I lust over some of the varieties available now here at Home Depot and Lowes especially. Are you supposed to bury them deeper, mulch them, or both, when planted this late?

Bearded Iris? They naturally like to grow on the surface, they usually rot if too deep. And they are semi-evergreen, growing leaves now, then more in the spring, in order to bloom in early summer. Even in zone five, mulch in winter is not entirely necessary. A loose, big-leafed mulch to protect from weather change and winter sunburn might be nice, but keeping them from getting too soggy in winter is even more important.

I lost a couple of rhizomes last winter b/c they got too soggy in winter. Later next month I'll be putting 6 more BEST BET rhisomes.

I love Mt. Hoods. I just bought some more yesterday to beef up my numbers for next spring. I'm also going to pot some up with muscari to force. I enjoy watching them turn from the ivory of opening to the white. they are fascinating to watch. People are also amazed that you can get a white daffodil. I am always amazed at what amazes non-gardeners!
as for iris, I have oak leaves both the shredded and unshredded for mulch. Due to their stiff texture, they don't pack down so completely as mulch. Pine needles are good for mulch, too, if you can get them. I have some, but I use it mainly on my azaleas and rhododendrons.
Martha