Promises

A few hours gardening today. Tearing out weeds and then digging up soil to bury bulbs.

One giant allium planted alongside the dwarf spruce. Three 'Graceful' alliums beside the red barberry shrub in the front, and three allium shubertii  by the iris in back, to poke up their heads in May/June. Eight Tulipa Rembrandt Happy Generation beside the front maple to bloom in April/May. A mix of fifty tulipa, muscari and chiondoxa by the front steps for early spring.

Hoping to take photos of the real thing in a few months time.

Several of my recent efforts haven't been hugely successful. All the jack-in-the pulpits I planted this year seem to have disappeared, along with the varieties of white clematis from a few years back. O well, half the fun is the expectation and anticipation, so I can't say the effort wasn't worth it.

In a few months time we will see if these bulbs work their springtime magic, and in the meantime I can look forward to festive spring colours.