Comments on: Blue Muscari and Pink Tulip Flowers

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:22:30 +0000

Joy, blue flowers add a little serenity to any bed. The ‘Foxtrot’ tulips are shorter and sturdier, and even stood up to the snow. It helps them coordinate better with the shorter bulbs too, so there isn’t such a distance between their blooms.

By: Joy

Joy — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:17:19 +0000

That was gorgeous ! I love the ribbons of blue ( I think I have a thing for blue ? LOL) and the timing was perfect, which always makes us wonder when we plant bulbs .. how that will go .. phew ! LOL
I love those tulips .. they don’t look too tall either .. I prefer the shorter ones since they seem more stable . Winds can whip the poor things around in the Spring.
Over lapping to continue the blue with the campanula is a fantastic idea .. you can’t have too many of those perky plants !
Hope you are out of the snow for good now .. that must have been a bit of a shock even though you are in a colder zone .. I don’t know which is worse .. this horrible HEAT forcing plants to mature too quickly or the snow .. too bad we can’t trade .. just for a break ? ;-)
Joy

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:29:18 +0000

Marit, even though Muscari are usually small bulbs, I can see these quite clearly when looking out my window across the garden.

I’m at 53º N, and inland. It seems were on the same gardening schedule.

By: Marit

Marit — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:03:54 +0000

Beautiful combinations! I have to try the double muscari in my garden. The muscari that I have here blooms too. Our gardens must have quite the same degree of latitude :)

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:57:02 +0000

The Garden Ms. S, I’d like to edge more beds in the bulb for next year. I have to weave it between other plants, though, to hide the bulb foliage after flowering, and so there isn’t a gap when they are gone.

Rebecca, it’s too bad that the little brown bulbs are so inscrutable when you plant them in Fall. They don’t give many of their secrets away, until they surprise you in Spring.

By: Rebecca @ In The Garden

Rebecca @ In The Garden — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:36:58 +0000

You can send the purple one to me, I had a serious shortage in my mix. ;)

By: The Garden Ms. S

The Garden Ms. S — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 03:17:32 +0000

What a great combination of colours and form. The river of blue is such a great frame for the tulips. Very pretty!

By: Northern Shade

Northern Shade — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:42:23 +0000

Joanne, I planted a group of these Muscari two Autumns ago, and liked them so much that I planted the larger group last Fall.

Diane, thanks for the info on Firespray.

By: Diane

Diane — Mon, 31 May 2010 22:27:27 +0000

I got my ‘Firespray’ shade tulips from brecks.ca
Cheers.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Mon, 31 May 2010 20:46:42 +0000

Yes the grape Hyacinth do look lovely especially in large groups but also with the tulip colours.