Miscellaneous spring bulbs 2012

[cohan]

Love those white Crocus, Trond!

Tim, the bulb walk is nice! Can we see an overview to get an idea of how it fits into/is separated from the lawn?

[externmed]

Mark,
Re rampaging grasses, I haven't had the courage yet myself, but you might try one of the grass killers that is sold to be used "over the top" of other plants.
Even Round-Up seems to kill grass better than most plants.  Doesn't touch Veronica "Georgia Blue" and I've deliberately hit it 4 times.

Otherwise you might focus Round - Up on tufts of grass and hope it translocates.

Charles Swanson MA USA

[McDonough]

Charles, I'm with you, I don't have the courage to try chemicals like that. 

The grasses are so intertwined with the plants, it seems hard to believe that a dousing of some chemical wouldn't also risk damaging the plants.  I think I'm going to use this unfortunate infiltration of grasses as motivation to revamp parts of the garden.  In year 2000, I did exactly that to my main "Allium garden", totally redid it after it was claimed by blackberries, tree seedlings and such, all due to neglect; available time perpetually denied by a demanding job and ridiculous daily commute that steals away my life.

[WimB]

Some spring-bulbs in flower over here:

Corydalis solida 'Frodo'
Erythronium dens-canis 'Pink Perfection'
Narcissus 'Jetfire'
Narcissus 'Toby the First'
Corydalis solida 'Falls of Nimrodel'
Erythronium dens-canis 'Old Aberdeen'
Erythronium dens-canis 'Charmer'
Erythronium oregonum subsp. leucandrum
Hyacinthoides italica

[Hoy]

Corydalis solida and other woodland Corydalis species are among my favorites.
Here are some colour forms of C solida:

[cohan]

Love Corys
Wim- the leaves alone on those Erythroniums are fantastic!

[McDonough]

Spring is nearly passing me by, just no time with my ridiculous work schedule, so I'm late in responding to topics on the forum.

Wim, I am certainly charmed by Erythronium dens-canis 'Charmer', the genus overall is such a wonderful one full of the most elegant bulbous plants ever, yet, aside from my utterly non-blooming running E. americanum, I don't have any of these beauties in my garden, something I need to remedy.  Also, I really like Corydalis solida 'Nimrodel', unusual to have a pale face to the deep color blooms.

Trond, nice variety to your Corydalis solida forms.

Here's one that I grow in full sun, where it has slowly built up into a large clump, Leucojum aestivum. I like that it blooms much later than snowdrops and L. vernum.  It's tall too, so makes an impression in the garden.  I didn't include an overall view of the plant, as the area is a weedy mess still awaiting spring cleanup

[bulborum]

I didn't include an overall view of the plant, as the area is a weedy mess still awaiting spring cleanup

Mark

Sounds as our garden after the plant-shows 

R

[Hoy]

Spring is nearly passing me by, just no time with my ridiculous work schedule, so I'm late in responding to topics on the forum.

Here's one that I grow in full sun, where it has slowly built up into a large clump, Leucojum aestivum. I like that it blooms much later than snowdrops and L. vernum.  It's tall too, so makes an impression in the garden.  I didn't include an overall view of the plant, as the area is a weedy mess still awaiting spring cleanup

Spring is definitely not over yet, not here anyway, as we have half a year spring, 1 day summer, half a year fall and a week of winter

A weedy mess?! What's that! Sounds very familiar though
The L aestivum is still only budding here.

[Lori S.]

Does this qualify as a "bulb lawn"?

       

P.S. Apologies to anyone who may be horrified by the proliferation of Scilla siberica and Puschkinia in these photos, but I have to admit that this was the goal of planting many hundreds of bulbs in the past.  

[Hoy]

Does this qualify as a "bulb lawn"?

P.S. Apologies to anyone who may be horrified by the proliferation of Scilla siberica and Puschkinia in these photos, but I have to admit that this was the goal of planting many hundreds of bulbs in the past.  

Where is the grass? 

Nobody can be horrified of this!

[Lori S.]

Where is the grass?  

Long gone (and not missed)!!  

Nobody can be horrified of this!

Glad to hear it!  Seeing this bloom, common though the bulbs are, is part of the whole magic of spring for us!

[Hoy]

Where is the grass?  

Long gone (and not missed)!!  

Nobody can be horrified of this!

Glad to hear it!  Seeing this bloom, common though the bulbs are, is part of the whole magic of spring for us!

Common or rare - doesn't matter. One of my favorite spring plants is the "weed" coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara). However, it was more of a spring flower when I lived in Oslo than here. Still I am looking for it every spring

[RickR]

I am only horrified it they are where they are not wanted.  In your "lawn", Lori, they are very nice!  But in the local woodland, competing with native flora, not so good.

[bulborum]

Ornithogalum reverchonii from Spain starts flowering

Roland