It's a new gardening year in my central Ohio zone 6a garden and the star April blooms are the tulips. While planting 135 bulbs during some chilly days last fall I began second-guessing my purchases, but as usual it's all worth it come spring. This patch of 30 pink and purple tulips is making me especially happy.
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| Mystic Van Eijk (pink) and Negrita tulips |
It was also worth spraying it regularly with a stinky deterrent to keep the deer away so I actually got to enjoy them (a lesson I learned last year).
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| previously planted Columbus and unknown purple tulips |
Most of the daffodils are done, but there are still a few, including one of my favorites, Narcissus Cheerfulness.
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| Top row, from left: Daffodil Salome and Narcissus Cheerfulness |
And there's a few other blooms now, including grape hyacinths and especially exciting to me is wild geranium (geranium maculatum). The latter I planted last year and is blooming for the first time in my garden.
That's it for this month in my garden, but visit May Dreams Gardens to see what is blooming elsewhere.
Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove the Grape Hyacinths!
Happy Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day!
Thanks Lea, Happy Bloom Day to you!
DeleteLove your flowers. Such beautiful colors. I tried tulips this year and did get some blooms. Hope to plant lots more of them in the fall.
ReplyDeleteThanks Judy and thanks for stopping by!
DeleteI'd like to know what deer repellent you used to keep them away from your tulips? I no longer bother to grow them in my garden because the deer eat them all, but if I could find a spray that would keep them from being eaten, I might try again. Tulips are beautiful flowers, so elegant!
ReplyDeleteI agree, tulips are so pretty and cheerful. I use Liquid Fence spray on everything that isn't edible and it works well for me, provided I keep up on it. For the tulips, I started spraying as soon as I saw buds because last year they ate almost all the buds early on.
DeleteIf your garden year starts with gorgeous tulips like those it's off to a great start!
ReplyDeleteThanks Kris, I agree. Thanks for stopping by!
DeleteSo nice. My once curb found daffodill bulbs still grow back every year, tulips not alas.
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