Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Fall Bulb Purchases

I bought bulbs from John Scheepers this year, because I couldn't foresee myself planting 300+ bulbs this fall (Van Engelen is cheaper but you get too many!). Instead I bought "only" 200, plus two peonies. The haul, which I don't expect they'll ship until about mid-October:

25 IRIS RETICULATA MIXTURE (small bulb Dutch iris)
50 MUSCARI ARMENIACUM (grape hyacinth)
25 NARCISSUS MINNOW (a tazetta, multiple flowers on a stem)
100 NARCISSUS MINIATURE MIXTURE (6 mini varieties, including tete a tete)
1 PEONY DBL FESTIVA MAXIMA (white with deep rose flecks)
1 PEONY DBL RASPBERRY SUNDAE (pale pink)

The bulbs will mostly go in the back yard, by the shed and along the ivy line on the right side; some will be forced and a few will end up in the side garden and the front treeline bed. The peonies I think will go along the fence by the berry patch, but I need to read up a little more on their sun and drainage preferences.

Here's what they look like in Polyvore:

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