Annette, Just beautiful. I have a ? about your mailbox bed. It looks quite a bit like my lamp post bed in the fact that it is jam full of bulbs. I have a terrible time trying to fit in a few annuals when I start planting them in May and there is always that period when the bed looks pretty awful till the bulb foliage dies back. Tying it into little bundles is way too much work, and I never do wait till all the foliage is completely dead before I remove it. I was wondering how you handle that issue?

Annette, gorgeous spring show! Is Moris Gudanov the yellow double? I have the same issue with mixtures that you mentioned with your early singles, they just never seem to have the look we see in pics. I find it interesting that you've got parrots and late doubles blooming while there are still Crocus blooming- my Crocus are typically done by the time those start.

My crocus are way done early also. The tulips never bloom with the crocus.

Thank you all for the compliments.

Rita, before you know it your tulips will be blooming when mine are done, then I get to enjoy your blooms when mine are over

Holly, I let my leaves die down once the blooms are done, I don't tie them or remove them until they're dead. The pansies at the base of the bulbs get bigger, so I have some color in the beds till I'm ready to remove the leaves of the bulbs.

Neal, my bulbs are just crazy! I've got crocus, muscari, daffodils, and tulips all blooming at the same time right now. This nutty winter that we've been having caused the bulbs to be totally confused as to what should be blooming.

Maybe the blubs will figure it out and bloom in the proper order next season.

More bulbs are opening up in the Lamppost Bed. Tulips coming up.

Annette, I was thinking the weird winter and weather patterns may have had something to do with it. There have been years when it seemed to very suddenly go from winter to spring, and nearly all the spring bulbs bloomed together, then it got hot and they were just all gone. That's at least one thing I'm liking about this extremely slow arrival of spring- seems the blooms here are going to be spaced apart a bit.

Found the first Daffodil to open here yesterday, and wouldn't you know it's not in a garden bed, but a clump of Lent Lilies that were here when I moved here...in the weeds, LOL.

Iris reticulata are blooming nicely today

Very pretty!

the iris reticulata are lovely. I've planted Cantab and Gordon in the past, I done even see Cantab anymore, and very few of Gordon.

I believe that one is 'Harmony'. I planted 50 of each of 'Harmony' and 'Alida'- if I recall correctly, Alida is lighter blue. There is also a clump of 'Cantab' in that bed that have been there a few years. My goal is to have the whole area covered in little blue bulbs as understory plants for all the yellow and white Daffodils.

Annette, I wonder if I.reticulata are attractive to rodents? Curious why they would have dwindled...

Neal, I'm sure they were eaten

Here's the most fragrant daff in my garden, and I wish it would multiply quickly. I bought a small amount of N. Gentle Giant in 2010, and this was a bulb sent by mistake, lucky for me. It has the most delicious scent, I wish I could bottle it. I don't even know it's name.





Flyer


Love Call


Taurus


Minnow, I planted 200 of these around my lilies


Hawera and Minnow


IDK which one this is

N. Thalia




T. Moris Gudanov


N. Tahiti





Random Blooms



Sovereign


Double Fashion


Replete


City of Haarlem


Ice King

Alida is much lighter. I had it but I think none are coming up this year.

yeahhhhh for members in the south with tulips blooming

Nice daffs Annette,
I just love 'Minnow'--such a cutie (I should have planted more--hopin' they multiply well), blooms later for me.
I do have some mystery yellows now on the sunny border




and these recovered from the snow


'Tete-a-tete' just barely starting here


Moe is guarding some tulips

I always wanted reticulated iris to serve as an understory, but it blooms so early and wanes before the others come on. The scilla works alright with some of the early daffs and kaufmanniana tulips, although it's not much of an understory at times. I'm wondering if I might try anemone with my later blooming white daffs, because I'm thinking that they start later and hang around a little longer (I'm going to try to pay more attention to that this season)
Here are some more shots of the new (last year) rock garden tulips. They are a bit sparse and I hope they will multiply as well.
'Stressa'




'Scarlet Baby'




'Heart's Delight' (and bee friends)




'Ancila'

Beautiful Dirt!

Beautiful rocks too...

Dirt: The tulips 'n rocks is wonderful. I cant wait for the earlies here. Love the cat.

Gorgeous pics Dirtdorphins! That first one with the Daffs, Scilla, and Sedum is stunning- love that combo! The touch of red on the Sedum makes all 3 primary colors in the grouping in such a beautiful and subtle way. Are you in Colorado?