Tulips | Daffodils | Specialty Bulbs| Perennials | Supplies | Fall 2012 Order Form

Fall 2012 Brochure

 

Early spring companions: Daffodils, Tulips, Crocus, Iris reticulata, Violas
Mid spring companions: Daffodils, Tulips, Hyacinths, Leucojum, Muscari
Late bulb companions: Tulips, Daffodils, Alliums, Bearded Iris

Layer small bulbs on top of tulips or daffodils when planting for extended bloom, showy combinations, and fewer groups of foliage to have lingering in the garden. Remember – you need to leave the bulb foliage in the garden after blooms fade for 4-8 weeks until it naturally yellows to allow energy to go back into the bulbs and flower buds to form for the next season. Use small Daffodils on top of larger ones. Combine late blooming Allium with early Tulips and Daffodils. Crocus can be planted over everything as they bloom so early! Plant Muscari with all bulbs so that you can use its fall foliage growth to remind you where to fertilize in the fall.

Many of these can easily be potted, cooled and forced for indoor winter blooming! It’s easy to do: pot the bulbs any time this fall, keep in a 40F location for 6-8 weeks then move to a sunny window to bloom. Enjoy color all winter then plant the bulbs outside in the spring to bloom next year.
Detailed instructions about how to force bulbs are available by clicking here.

Legend:  E  = Early       M = Mid-Season      L = Late Bloomer

Allium ‘Gladiator’

Huge rosy purple 6″ globes on 3′-4′ stems in May/June. L. $6

 

 

Crocus ‘Spring Beauty’

Exterior white petals flamed dark grape purple, with contrasting light purple interior petals, 4″. E. 25/$9

 

 

Crocus Large Flowered Mix

Mix of colors, including purples, whites, yellows and bicolors, 6″, March bloom. E. 30/$11

 

 

Fritillaria meleagris

Snakes’ head fritillary. Bell shaped white or purple checkered flowers, naturalizes when happy, 8″. M. 10/$5

 

 

Galanthus ‘Flore Pleno’

Double flowered form of snowdrops, white nodding flowers, great naturalizer, 5″-8″. M. 5/$9

 

 

Hyacinth ‘Purple Sensation’

Deep lilac flowers, intense fragrance, greaf for forcing, 12″. E/M. 8/$14

 

 

Iris reticulata ‘Pixie’

Dwarf iris, saturated blue black flowers, probably the darkest existing variety, 4″. E. 10/$6

 

 

Muscari armeniacum

Grape hyacinth. Cobalt blue flowers, excellent naturalizer, great for mass plantings, 6″. M. 30/$10

 

 

Spanish Bluebells ‘Excelsior’

Spikes of purple blue bell shaped flowers, strap like foliage, sun or shade, 8″-12″. L. 10/$10

 

 

Visions in White

Selection of four types of white flowering bulbs (Scilla, Snowdrops, Crocus, Muscari) to provide a long season of bloom. E/M. 30/$18

 

Voodoo Lily

Resembles a giant jack in the pulpit, huge tropical looking leaves, purplish black flower spathe can reach 12″-36″. On the first day of bloom only the flowers release an odor of rotting carrion. Not for the faint of heart. May take several years to flower, 4′-6′. E/M. $10

 

Bearded Iris ‘Abiqua Falls’

Tall sapphire blue with ruffled petals, very vigorous with 8-9 buds per stalk, 39″. L. $7

 

 

Bearded Iris ‘Lovely Senorita’

Orange and amber bitone, ruffled petals, 41″. L. $7

 

 

Bearded Iris ‘Poem of Ecstasy’

Very large flowers, pink standards over purple falls, 35″. L. $7