and a new topic/ Tulips & Companions
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- Subject: and a new topic/ Tulips & Companions
- From: G*
- Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 10:46:20 -0500
Hello Val ,
When I think of bulbs such as Tulips, Dutch Iris, crocus, Colchicum, etc.
I always thing of Hardy Geraniums. The bulbs are woven through the mounds
of geraniums so they can play off of each other in blooms. When the foliage
of the bulbs begins to die back and become unsightly the geranium foliage
is just coming into its own and helps to hide the ratty foliage of the
bulbs. When the Geranium is just foliage in the fall the colchicums will
send their blooms up thorough the geranium foliage for late fall color ...
September and October. Just one thought of bulb companions...
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
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> Let's start a new topic, shall we?
>
> What does everyone plant with their tulips for spring blooming? I've
used
> wallflowers, windflowers, and alyssum for fillers before, but I'm curious
> as to what everyone else does. If you start these companion plants from
> seed, when do you start them in order for them to bloom at the same time
as
> your tulips? Any suggestions as to what looks good together? I love
pale
> pink tulips with the strong purples of the grape hyacinths or blue eyes
(I
> forget the latin name).
>
> I can never seem to get the timing right on the blooms for alyssum. I'm
> always too late, it seems. When should you start plugs to get those
> suckers to bloom in early May?
>
> Val in KY
> zone 6a
>
>
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