At Home in Nature

Today I saw some daffodils had finally emerged from their long sleep and were in full bloom.The tulips and hyacinth, it appears, are not far behind.Spring flowers are such a wonderful end to a cold winter!Every year I decide I’ve not planted enough spring flowers the year before and plan for a bigger spring garden.

Spring flowers are usually planted the autumn beforehand, but can be planted in spring and summer as well.I usually buy discount bulbs in the early winter, after the normal planting season.However, you can buy some stunning bulbs from mail order catalogs or local nurseries: tulips, especially, come in an amazing variety of colors, patterns (stripes, for example), and other interesting characteristics such as having extra “double” petals or petal edges that look like they’ve been sheared with scissors.You can even get imported tulips from Holland!