Each year when spring rolls around, many home gardeners wish they had been more foresighted the previous fall, especially when they see a thoughtfully planned garden, gay with tulips.
You can plant tulips until the ground freezes, so why not plan to include them now in broad masses in the foreground of your shrub border or neat clumps among your perennials.
The low-growing species of tulips seem to belong and show the best advantage in the rock garden, although they may also be planted among ground covers in your foundation planting. Now is the time to check bulb catalogs to order your favorite kinds.
Buying Tulips Mixtures
You are never entirely certain of what you can expect. It is much more fun to plant the named varieties, grouping them according to color for the most harmonious combinations possible.
If you select tulips from the various groups, starting with the species and following through to the showy darwins and late double kinds, you can count on five to six weeks of bloom.
The lily-flowered tulips, with their pointed petals, are always intriguing. These are usually listed together with the cottage varieties. Some are marked with contrasting edges, which add greatly to their appearance.
Most gardeners are so familiar with the breeder, Darwin, and triumph groups that little description is needed. These are the stately, long-stemmed, large-flowered forms that are often referred to as tho May-flowering tulips. Their variety is legion.
If only for their curious appearance, the parrot types are intriguing. They are usually intense in color, and whether you prefer bright yellow or reddish black, warm purple or cherry red, there is a variety to suit your taste.
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