Name: Susan Virginia (Zone 8a) God is the only thing that matters.
I like Daffodils between the Hostas. I just buy the cheap tulips and put them into a pot, they can be quite stunning next to the front door.. But, you are right they don't last long.
Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Mat.6:28-29