Comments on: Planting Tulip and Muscari Bulbs

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Sat, 15 May 2010 04:34:12 +0000

Barb, I have often wondered why they send up new foliage in the fall, too. It seems counter-intuitive to bulb behaviour. The leaves cannot collect much energy before the cold temperatures and snow of winter stop them. It must give them some advantage towards an early spring start.

By: Barb

Barb — Sat, 15 May 2010 03:56:30 +0000

I planted yellow tulips with my grape hyacinth and they look awsome, something that I haven’t figured out about this plant, is why its greens regro in the fall(B.C.) and then the flower grows in the spring after the winter.
Barb Jones Delta, B.C.

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:58:26 +0000

Val, are the late season tulips still blooming in your zone at the end of May? One little bulb that might still be blooming then, is Leucojum (snowflake). They have petite white flowers, and look a bit like the snowdrops of early spring.

By: Val Mountain shade

Val Mountain shade — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:09:35 +0000

You all are making me so jealous. I don’t get up to my garden until the end of May. Before that I live in Florida in the winter. What that means is I can’t grow any bulbs as they bloom before I can get up to see them. We are in zone 7 and I wonder if anyone knows of any bulbs that bloom later than the end of May? When we arrive my iris are just putting on a good show.

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:38:41 +0000

Muhammad, your Muscari patch will look great when it blooms. I love the beautiful blue colour of the flowers. Do you have the M. ‘Blue Spike’ bulbs available locally? It is a really nice Muscari, since the flowers are large and showy in the garden.

I can’t grow hyacinths outdoors either, since it is a little too cold for them here. However, I bought some for forcing indoors. The bulbs are chilling right now, and in a few months I’ll bring them out into the room, where they should bloom. It’s fun to have some fresh growing bulbs indoors, when it’s snowy outside, and to be able to enjoy their scent.

By: muhammad khabbab

muhammad khabbab — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:18:11 +0000

Wonderful combination really. We cannot grow tulips but muscari does well here. I am planning to plant 50+ bulbs of muscari in my 5 by 3 feet soil bed in late october. I wish i had a bit cooler climate to grow tulips and hyacinths. yours are looking awesome though

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:35:16 +0000

Maria, I like the Actaea for their late season blooms. So far, mine are white, but I also have a couple of new ones that haven’t bloomed yet. I was actually going for random patterns when planting the bulbs, but looking at the photos now, they are not so random. :)

By: Maria Berg

Maria Berg — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:32:55 +0000

Hi,

Actcea I have one to, for the fist time this year, it has red leaves and the flowers is most white but also a little pink in the middle.
I am so happy that you wrote on my blog, If you do not mind please come back and put this link or the other one about planting bulbs in Mck Linky so other blogers can find your post.
I like that you have planted as a heart!

/Maria Berg

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:01:33 +0000

Shady Gardener, you’ll have to teach your chipmunks, “bulbs are flowers, not food”. Now I’ll be watching out the windows for little gangs of chipmunks raiding my garden.:) The local squirrels and chipmunks have generally ignored my bulbs in the past, so I hope the large new groups don’t tempt them.

By: Shady Gardener

Shady Gardener — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:43:22 +0000

Northern Shade, What a beautiful combination. You’re going to have fun in watching for them next Spring! I’ve just planted a couple of lily bulbs. I will wait a bit before planting a few daffodil bulbs. That will be “it” this year. I hope the tulips that bloomed this Spring return, as I’ve had many menacing chipmunks digging in the flower beds this Summer! We’ll see. Happy planting!!