Spring Bulbs in Marlene’s Garden

Planting 2,000 bulbs a year makes for quite a display

Today we ’re direct to Westerville , Ohio , to see a beautiful display created by Marlene Suter . When she email in these exposure , she introduce them by saying simply , “ I love spring bulbs , and plant about 2,000 each yr in my gardens . ” Two thousand each twelvemonth ! That ’s passably incredible — and a LOT of employment putting all of thosebulbs in the groundeach class . But as you ’ll see , the results are worth it .

‘ Pride Mix ’ is made up of several colouring material of Darwin hybrid tulip ( Tulipahybrid , Zones 3–8 ) , which is the group that tend to be the best at perennializing .

This seam includes ‘ Crimson Queen’Japanese maple(Acer palmatum‘Crimson Queen ’ , Zone 5–9 ) , ‘ fair ’ hedge maple ( Acercampestre‘Carnival ’ , zona 4–8 ) , pinkish ‘ Ollioules’tulips(Tulipa‘Ollioules ’ , Zones 3–8 ) , and white ‘ Thalia ’ daffodils ( Narcissus‘Thalia ’ , Zones 3–8 ) . I love the elbow room the colors in the bed in the foreground are take over in the beds behind it , drawing the eye into the garden and unifying the whole garden .

The bridge take to bed with several Nipponese maple and group of daffodils .

The beds along the front walk are edged with ‘ Sherwood Purple ’ phlox ( Phloxstolonifera‘Sherwood Purple ’ , Zones 3–8 ) and cloud of blueforget - me - nots(Myosotissylvatica , Zones 3–8 ; often perform as a biennial or cool time of year annual ) , with white-hot and yellow daffodil glowing behind them .

In the front beds , groups of 10 to 12 tulip and daffodils are scattered among perennials and shrubs . I get laid the room the bunch of flowering bulbs make points of color in the midst of the other plant life .

glow ‘ Spryng ’ tulips , ‘ Golden Echo ’ Narcissus pseudonarcissus , and Magic Carpet spirea ( Spireajaponica‘Walbuma ’ , Zones 3–8 ) with new orange foliage .

Woodland path with tulip gentian ( Mertensiavirginica , Zones 3–9 ) , fern , Epimedium , andspring bulbs .

Front of thewoodland garden

‘ Camargue ’ and ‘ Elegant Lady ’ tulip , bleeding heart(Dicentraspectabilis , Zones 2–8 ) , and witch alder ( Fothergillagardenii , Zones 5–8 )

‘ Queen of the Night ’ tulip , and lancifoliahosta(Hostalancifolia , Zones 3–8 )

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