Flowering bulbs are very happy in prepared flowerbeds. They receive the good, loose soil they relish and the elbow room they need. Here are two good approaches:
- Bedding schemes: Perhaps you’ve seen these beds in public display gardens: broad areas devoted to nothing but, say, tulips. The mass of color can be very impressive. You can prepare these flowerbeds at home. Pick a nice, open spot, choose a large amount of the same or very similar bulbs (in terms of color, height, and/or bloom time), and plant them fairly close together.
- Mixed beds: Bulbs are only part of the show in a mixed bed; they can share the stage with early-blooming perennials, some colorful annuals, and perhaps a few sheltering shrubs. The overall show never declines: Whether you’re waiting for the bulbs to burst into bloom or waiting for their fading foliage to die down, you always have something to look at and enjoy.
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