David, your volunteer work at the game refuge sounds interesting.
It was a beautiful day here. I spent the afternoon replanting what was left of the Blushing Lady and Pink Cubed tulips under the 2 Kwanzan cherry trees. I put down deer mesh this time, so there should be no further loss of bulbs. I noticed while digging, the Pink Charm daffs (thanks again Neal
) planted earlier this fall have rooted nicely in these 2 beds, and are starting to put up leaves.
I had a bed of bulbs in front of my other Laurapetalums that were planted on January 5, 2014, and they bloomed well that spring. They were 50 each of N. Little Gem, Muscari comosum plumosum, and a Giant Crocus Mix. They did not bloom well in the spring of 2015. The Laurapetalums have grown quite a bit, and the bulbs were partially shaded. I dug them all out this evening, sorted and rinsed them, and they'll get replanted, along with some of the Pink Tulip Mix further out in this bed, later on this week.
I did lose some of the crocus in the bed, thanks to the critters, however, the ones left have multiplied nicely, and I'll also be adding some crocus Ruby Giant.
Sorry for the blurry pics, it was dusk when I took these.
