New for me this year. My Showwinner Kaufmanniana tulips have started to bloom. I really love that jazzy color.
They are planted in this first lower terrace of the left side of the front yard.
And now an explanation of how I do things and cram my garden full of color. This time focus on the spring bulbs.
There are two rows of daylilies running along the front of this garden along near the stacked stone wall. Lots of summer color. I wanted a big early spring show. So started planting bulbs.
You can see the daylily folliage in this more closeup view. Later the folliage grows more so you can't see the spaces between the clumps so much. Anyway, along the second row of daylilies the Showwinner bulbs are planted between the daylily clumps. In the first row the humilis violacea bulbs are planted between the daylily clumps. Between those two rows of daylilies groupings of Firespray tulips are planted. Bloom later.
Then immeditely in back of both rows of daylilies I dug a trench and planted 200 mix color early tulips. Just a few are showing early signs of buds. That runs the entire length of this garden.
In back of those early mix in running along the mid garden and directly in front of the Belgium Block mini terraces are 100 parrot mix tulips.
Then we get into the mini terraces. They have daffs in the middle and daylilies at each end. Rembrant tulips planted between the daylilies at the right end, Bunch flowering tulips betwen the daylilies at the left end.
Some crocus were stuck in the middle of the bed for more color,
This fall I need to put more tulips between the Firspray clumps as I still have spaces. Then I will have to preplant the parrot tulips. And I plant on adding just a few tulips between those daffs so a touch more color.
