Finally! This year I remembered!
Every spring, huge purple baseball sized flowers sprout in front of my neighbor's yards and I realize... I forgot to plant alliums the previous fall.
I love these flowers... it takes every ounce of my energy not to squeeze them. But when I see them blooming in the spring, it is too late to have some of my own. This fall I remembered and bought some bulbs and Aaron and I planted them.
Now I wait.
I have always been interested in forcing bulbs... I wonder if you can do it with these?
I just bought those same ones from Dutch Gardens! (Then I found the same ones at K-Mart much cheaper!) Although I haven't planted them yet, I am so very excited to plant my alliums for the spring. I will be planting them in our massive green planters and in the hopes they'll have a topiary-like effect for the front of our house. I also purchased the Grecian Wildflower mix...100 bulbs for a whopping $11.24! The only thing I hate about planting fall bulbs is that we have to wait until spring to enjoy them!
ReplyDeleteOoh, I love the giant alliums! We have a bunch of small ones (gof ball sized) that I really want to move to a better spot in our yard. But having no clue about gardening, I have no idea how well this will work. Worth a shot though. Good luck with yours!
ReplyDeletethose are so cute - one of my favorite flowers!
ReplyDeletewatch out -- the dang chipmunks might be watching where you plant them -- then you'll not see the bulbousness next year.
ReplyDeleteOf course, when they're your own you can squeeze them all you want! :-)
ReplyDeleteI love alliums! They're part of the onion family (if you let onions or garlic flower, they look similar). Best part is that the deer won't eat them!!!
ReplyDeleteI did the exact same thing this year, with alliums and crocuses. Been meaning to do that forever.
ReplyDeleteI read your blog everyday and I've been wanting to post comments along the way. Alliums are my favorite. I have them all other my yard. Last fall I planted 600 tulip bulbs in the front yard, all along the street. This year I planted 50+ globemaster alium bulbs behind the tulips. I also planted 50 smaller allium bulbs around our cherry tree. I cannot wait to see them all. Good luck!
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