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Planting Bulbs

11/30/2014

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I've been buying scilla bulbs to plant in the grass in a corner of my backyard. I figure the scilla orchard on the edge of town is getting so overgrown with dog-strangling vine, that soon it will no longer be usable for photo shoots. So I'm going to try grow my own. Problem is, it takes years to fill in a large space, and I should have started years ago. But better late than never.

Scilla bulbs aren't widely available, but I found a few more packages this week. Yesterday was warm enough that the ground wasn't frozen, so Nami and Efreet went out to plant them...
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Melissa
11/30/2014 12:06:34 am

Aww how cute. :) Glad you were able to find more. They kind of look like little onions.

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Martha
11/30/2014 09:53:15 pm

Well, onions are bulbs too.

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Jane
11/30/2014 01:37:44 am

Oh what a brilliant idea to plant your own scilla patch....and I guess you are going to be playing with dolls for years, so it won't matter than it takes a while to get established.

Great that you had help in the planting too.

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Martha
11/30/2014 09:56:17 pm

I do have another scilla patch, but it's in front of a fence which makes an ugly background. It's in a restricted space and has been self-seeding for years and is now so thick there's no place left for the bulbs to grow. I've been digging up seedlings from there for awhile and planting them in my grass, but I figured some mature bulbs would help the new patch along faster.

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Donna
11/30/2014 11:52:07 am

You have a couple cute little gardeners helping you with the planting! I bet they'll be out there early next spring looking for the fruits (or should that be flowers?) of their labours :o)

Glad you were able to find more scilla bulbs. They are so beautiful and cheerful after the snow is gone.

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Martha
11/30/2014 09:58:21 pm

Yes, the flowers would be the "fruits of their labour".

I love scillas too, especially when they've naturalized into a large area, but I've rarely seen the bulbs for them.

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