I know what I am doing this weekend.
In a prior post, I waxed poetic about my new found love of Allium. After opening up the box from Bluestone Perennials this past week and seeing my beloved Allium bulbs inside, I am close to full blown swoon.
Daffodils are just about the only fail proof bulb for me as the deer and rabbits leave them alone, but most importantly, they seem unaffected by the poor draining and often times waterlogged soil. It has become a rite of fall to add as many of these as I possibly can. I am most excited by the ‘Green Pearl’ and in typical ONG fashion, I haven’t a clue as to where I will plant them.
Home boy is about to shake things up. Only once in the history of my gardening life have I attempted to plant Muscari. And that friggin bombed. I was presented with one small and pathetic bloom as all of the others failed to deliver.
And even if I am an extreme mouth breather with a deviated septum, I still am capable of smelling the sweet scent of the hyacinth. I miss it in the spring and desperately want to share the nasal pleasure with all of my visitors.
So with that in mind, I am going to give it a go in between my six Catmint planted along my front walkway. The soil here is actually very sandy and somewhat dry from when the walkway was installed almost a decade ago. The bulbs will not rot from the wet fall/winter/spring. I know, kind of an awesome idea.
How about you? What are your gardening plans this first weekend in October?
Something like that, but I haven’t put in my bulb order yet 🙂 Hubby’s looking at me like I’m a madwoman.
Madwoman needs some bulbs already! Get on it.
I live in Hunterdon Co. as well and have been enjoying reading about your garden for a while now, Love your garden !
Better luck with your muscari this year. I have planted well over 100 muscari ( cheapies from Walmart or Lowes) over the last few years – under a crabapple tree and under a lilac ( some drainage issues by the lilac) and they have done beautifully. Just love them! I have some daffodils with them and would love to find a variety that blooms at the same time as the muscari, but have had mixed results.
Happy gardening!
Thanks so much Karen! Nice to hear from a fellow Hunterdonite. I’m banking on the Muscari coming through and I would love to mix with daffs too. Garden on my friend.
Guess what??? Thanks to your earlier post when you sang the praises of your alliums, I finally followed through on my good intentions to order some. Year after year, I have dropped the ball but not this time. My bulbs haven’t arrived yet but I ordered Globemaster and Pinball Wizard. Now I can join the club of being excited about seeing them come into bloom come spring.
I’m so glad your enthusiasm was contagious!
Now that makes my day! And now I need to read about Pinball Wizard. Best of luck with them.