Re: suggestions

Hi Cathy - I have a lovely memory picture of your garden bulbs in full
spring bloom! Hope to see it again some time.
Lorraine:
    Quite by accident I planted the new geranium, G. 'Rozanne' smack over
the dead foliage of yellow blooming Homeria collina bulbs. Ever since, the
homeria pokes up early between the long blue blooming arms of Rozanne, then
comes into full bloom as she goes winter dormant. When the weather warms,
she extends her blooming arms again with the last homeria blooms, then hikes
up and through the yellowing bulb foliage camouflaging it as it dies away.

There are several other true geraniums which bloom on gradually extending
arms as summer comes in. Interplanting them with spring blooming bulbs
creates a continuous show and loosely hides the ripening bulb foliage.

On 9/18/04 9:18 AM, catherineratner@earthlink.net wrote

> Hi Lorraine,
> 
> I do the same as Moira with my bulbs and have made a search for ones that
> die down early.  Paperwhites take a long time!  With Narcissus, February
> Silver, Feb. Gold, and Ice Follies bloom early and lose the leaves faster
> than some.
> 
> I have quite a few small-scale evergreen Sedums that I use as ground cover
> to avoid bare spots.
> 
> Cathy
> 
>> From: Tony and Moira Ryan <tomory@xtra.co.nz>
>> Reply-To: tomory@xtra.co.nz
>> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 20:50:49 +1200
>> To: Mediterannean Plants List <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
>> Subject: Re: suggestions
>> 
>> Lorraine Hoag wrote:
>>> I am going to plant a long raised bed with spring bulbs this year and
>>> would love to know what you all grow on top to cover the bare ground.
>>> They will be in full sun.
>>> I have only grown bulbs in pots before so this will be an interesting
>>> experiment.
>> 
>> Hi Lorraine
>> I tend to grow my bulbs in mixed borders tucked in between the
>> perennials so I don't need to use ground covers as such, but one of the
>> standard covers which used to be very popular in England was annual
>> forget-me-not. The bright blue looks very well with many spring bulbs.
>> 
>> Moira
>> 
>> -- 
>> Tony & Moira Ryan,
>> Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ.     Pictures of our garden at:-
>> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm
>> NEW PICTURES ADDED 4/Feb/2004
>> 
>
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