after much neglect and hot temperatures, I worked in the yard!
Cleaned out some flower beds enough so that I could plant....
Spring bulbs!
Have never done this before, I hope they come up!
I planted 70 of them total.
very fragrant multi colored Freesia
multi colored ranunculus
double blooms daffodils, orange and white
purple dutch iris
red tulips
the beds look so much better
I need a beer have not had one since halloween.
And need to rest this tired back!
hope eveyone is doing as well as they are able.
This has been a perfect gorgous blue sky kind of saturday!!!!!!
think I am going to add some top soil before watering them....
bizi

click on the x's to open up the pictures copy write stuff....
oh well!

Dear Bizi,
70 bulbs! That's a big job.
The flowers will be beautiful in the spring.

The great thing about gardening is that you don't have to be perfect . . . and the soil always gives you another chance to do it again if you want.

M.

Wow great going, Bizi!

You're in for a very pretty spring!



iris are my favorite flowers.

the above is a "dutch iris" we have some planted in the courtyard. i'm guessing a double dutch has an extra layer of petals? i couldn't find any pix for it.

~ waves ~

It sounds like a wonderful and productive day for you, Bizi!
I bet your yard will be gorgeous in the spring!

It is odd here, I have paper whites that come up every year usually in dec or january...I wonder when these bulbs will bloom...and I wonder if any of them will last more than just once?...
bizi

Wow what beautiful color and sight for a drab NE with all the leaves that held color now on the forest floor.

I had a warm day just over a week ago, my Rhodidendrum (sp) bloomed and one beautiful red rose. It was a bleek day and seeing that rose was so uplifting.

Thanks for sharing Bizi and all the hard work will be rewarded. With the temps near freezing and wind all weekend, not much yard work was done. So many things to pack away for the winter and snow.

We did start winterizing the cars today, snow tires, changing and filling fluids.
One car needs an aliegnment done ASAP. THe other needs a transmission part. The oldest one, needs TLC.

I did not take down the halloween lights, I left up the orange pumpkins and unplugged the ghost.
Tough week, I need vitamins, had sleep, too many dreams though.

But I really loved seeing the pictures and thinking that it is not lifeless everywhere.

Links to pix from Bizi's post... for anyone else who can't see the red X's:

dutch iris
red tulip
red freesia
white freesia
ranunculus
double daffodils

Dear Bizi,

i did not know what you were talking about with the 'x' s! Di's post clued me in maybe i was missing something. i opened your post with Internet Explorer and saw the Xs... and the pix! ahah. ok. (i usually use Firefox.)

anyway... thanks! pretty!

~ waves ~

thank you waves, I did not know how to do that!
bizi

Many spring flowering bulbs require a period of cold after blooming and fading of the foliage:

http://www.suite101.com/content/spri...he-south-a7208

http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/flow...-the-south.htm

http://www.freeplants.com/spring-bulbs.htm