How does your garden grow??

I hope you are enjoying some beautiful winter ~~ spring blooms in your area of the world.
Aside from the aforementioned Daphne and the hearty hellebores,
bulbs are ruling the landscape in my garden.
I love packing my courtyard beds with as many layers of bulbs as I can manage so that we can enjoy a colorful show for weeks on end. As a general rule, bulbs should be planted at a depth that is 3x their width. So, larger bulbs, such as tulips and daffodils, can be planted at 6-8 inches deep, covered with a few inches of soil, and then smaller bulbs, such as crocus and muscari, can be planted above them, 2-4 inches beneath the surface of the soil.
This type of layering results in a wonderful, overlapping display of flowers, and the new growth usually covers the flowers that are fading away.

In the first scene we had a colorful blast of crocus, the amuse bouche of spring.


Before the crocus had reached intermission the muscari had pushed their spear shaped heads onto the stage. 

Along with the muscari, a chorus of daffodils popped open to joyfully dance in the wind. 
These were  actually supposed to be all white, but I guess I don’t mind a touch of pale yellow.

The principal is waiting in the wings for the grand finale.

Some are happy to just watch the flowers come and go from a distance. Others like to have them a little closer. They like to step out to touch and feel, smell and collect.

Near or far, I hope the spring flowers are bringing you happiness, beauty and contentment.

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  • Gorgeous, Emily! Is that your daughter crowned for Spring? I just love watching the parade of blooms this time of year. We are preparing to do some new landscaping at our house, so not a lot to look at here, but the magnolia tree is ready to pop and there are some lovely white hyacinths blooming indoors in our entry right now – the whole house smells of them. Heaven! Happy Spring!

  • Emily-
    These flowers are absolutely beautiful. Your camera takes perfect photographs! I love the wreat that you made. Is that your daughter?
    Happy Thursday!
    Teresa
    xoxo

  • What spectacular images. I never knew you could plant bulbs on top of each other – but then again, gardening is far from my area of expertise. Love the head wreath of flowers!!

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