Traipsing thru the (early) Tulips, Narcissus and Chionodoxa?!

If you are a spring bulb aficionado, be sure to be here this Saturday morning, April 30th to partake in the Mid- Spring Bulb Walk & Talk at 11am. (Dress appropriately for this crazy weather - ( I really recommend some kind of headgear too!)
Many bulbs have been planted in the permanent display beds since the inception of this garden center in 2008. They were actually the "leftovers" from our retail bulb program that we tucked in here and there, and WOW! those prolific unwanted little bulbs are really rewarding us year after year with larger displays of gorgeous spring color.
The "earlies" that are in the last stages of blooming outside right now are:

Narcissus 'February Gold'
N. 'Jetfire'
Tulip gregii 'Lady Diana' (shown below w/ crocus)
Chionodoxa forbesii
Crocus spp.

The Darwin tulips are now coming into full flower. We have 'Pink Perfection' and a blend called 'Tequila Sunrise' providing the proverbial "riot of color". The bright yellow groundcover is Euphorbia cyparissias 'Fens Ruby'. It has a gorgeous spring show, then in early summer, the Delosperma spp. (hardy iceplants) will take over...

Tucked in amongst the perennial beds on the south side of the entry are some late narcissus, namely 'Thalia' showing off her pendulous white petticoats. (I neglected to get a good shot of 'Thalia' so you will have to come see her in person!)
We do have some sad bulb news: a vole or some very destructive mousekies have been terrorizing one of the tulip beds. So far they have wiped out 2 drifts of them. They literally feasted on the whole bulb, leaving a wilted tulip stems & flowers. I was able to salvage a few and revive them in a vase indoors, but the bulbs are gone forever! As soon as the REPELLEX (non-toxic, systemic repellant) arrives in our store I have a definite use for it, and I will be sure to talk about it on the Walk & Talk this Saturday and write about it in the near future.