Spring Bulbs

Oh HW it's going to look gorgeous ! The lovely warm reds, oranges and yellows with the dash of purple ..... beautiful ! :-))

I agree with my mate Sue, HW...the colours will just 'sing' won't they? Roll on Spring ( how we wish our lives away, eh? )!
;-)

I can't wait to see the spring pictures of these they are georgous, they do purple and white mix crocus at Wilkinsons 99p pkt very pretty they are like this http://www.google.com/search?q=image+of+purple+and+white+stripe+crocus&sourceid=ie7&rls=com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-Address&ie=&oe=&rlz=

Don't think they've got Wilco's in the US of A Morgana !! :-))

One of my weaknesses in the garden are bulb flowers, especially when they naturalize and become part of the landscape looking like nature just put them there!

I am also very color concious, maybe too much so....I want the flower beds to be in harmony, with just one, maybe two eye catchers to act as foils for the rest! lol

Maybe I over analyze how I think it will look, but so far i have been okay...haha

No Morgana we don't....but I do have Big Lots, Lowe's, Wal-Mart and a number of other stores with great prices and some varied selection

You like what you like HW !! I've had spring bulbs for years, and each time they come up, if I see a space .... I put more in the next year ! Bulbs are not a weakness .....they're there forever AND .... there is nothing better than seeing a bulb pushing up it's beauty in January ! Tells you the Summer's coming ! :-))

Sue...I think the bulbs save us from ourselves in the darkest part of winter....their sunshine reminds us why we are willing to let the garden rest for a potion of the year!

Perfect words ..... save us from ourselves !! People have said to me, 'Why don't you live abroad Sue' ? and I say because I would miss the seasons too much !! My garden never really rests .... nor will yours when you put those GORGEOUS bulbs in ! xx

Healerwitch, the reason Sue would miss the seasons is because of her variety of wardrobe in garden shoes and wear she has,lol, thats where we are lucky I supose, having different wardrobes for all seasons not just one or two lol

Wardrobe and garden don't really go together with me Morgana. The amount of times I've been out there with me nightie and slippers on are countless !! In Winter as well !!

lol Sue I was joking he he ;o)

It's going to look lovely Healerwitch...show us the pics when they all come up in the Spring!

Fluff...I do plan on sharing all the pics next spring!

Lovely plans HW! Should look amazing!

Once the bulbs start to flower they will look fabulous! I have difficulty in growing the bigger bulbs on my balcony as I need to take almost everything out twice year & replant. You can't very well plant summer flowers over spring bulbs.

Nevertheless I do have a few small bulbs that are left in a few of the permanent pots. Things like Crocuses, Grape hyacinths & a few Alliums, the small kind.

Balcony, I've got various pots with spring bulbs, where I cut down the foliage when they've finished and put Summer bedding plants over the top. It's worked well for a few years now :-))

Although I said "you can't plant summer flowers over spring bulbs" I didn't mean it's not possible just that it is very difficult when you are gardening in pots & tubs & the like. In a garden there is normally plenty of depth so it can be done but when you have only a few inches of depth then it becomes impossible.

I do underplant my spring flowers with bulbs but both the plants & bulbs are much smaller than the ones we use in the summer. Besides which most spring flowering bulbs & plants like very similar conditions whereas summer plants & bulbs have very different needs.

I don't like to cut down the bulbs' foliage before it has turned yellow by which time it getting a little late to put in the summer plants. The balcony would also look pretty ugly!