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October 13, 2005
Tulips
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Here's how we at Citygardenguide take our minds off horrible weather, or horrible thoughts. We check out on-line bulb catalogs, and choose some bright beautiful tulips for spring.
Studying tulip catalogs, it is easy to understand the Dutch 17th-century passion for tulips. We have to discipline ourselves, because it is all too easy to get carried away. So we are careful after a couple of out-of-control bulb orders, to review the order and to scale it back to something reasonable. Always remember, you have to plant what you order, if you want the tulips to bloom anywhere else but in your imagination.
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There are lots of tulip catalogs, but we usually start with Brent and Becky's Bulbs andJohn Scheepers. They both have good selection and excellent pictures. Also, if a favorite item is sold out of one catalog you can often find it in the other.
Tulips are ideal for city gardens. They don't perennialize that well in our climate- so you can yank them out without a pang when they are done. They give a lot of bang for the buck. And although they are attractive to squirrels, deer, which will devastate a tulip planting in a nanosecond, are few and far between in town.
Posted by gardenguidenyc at October 13, 2005 06:32 PM