Bulb Envy

At last signs of spring are popping up everywhere. I have been anxiously awaiting the onset of spring – waiting for buds to once again swell with new life and the world to again turn green, but most of all I have been waiting for spring bulbs to emerge. Nothing announces spring quite like vibrant displays of daffodils, tulips, hyacinth and crocus – to name a few. These bold displays are what I have been waiting for all winter – and these cheerful flowers never seem to disappoint with their lively colors. This spring is my first as a homeowner, and I have to admit I have bulb envy. I failed to plant bulbs last fall, and now regret my mistake. I visualize how great my house would look with bright colored tulips and allium dancing before it. I promise myself that this fall I will not fail to plant bulbs, in fact, to make up for this spring I will probably go a little over-board. So this spring, as I see wonderful displays of spring bulbs, my thoughts will be of planning my spring garden for next year.

"Earth laughs in flower."-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Gardening, of some sort, has existed nearly as long as humans - the practice of cultivating seeds for food predates history. Historically, gardens were either places of tranquility – where one could become closer to God, or, utilitarian - where food and medicines were grown.

Gardens have long been the obsession of novelists, painters and poets. Though gardening itself has been considered art, it is also a science. The management and selection of plants for the environment in which they will live is a science. Combining science and art is the only means to a successful landscape.

Should it not be remembered that in setting a garden we are painting - a picture of hundreds of feet or yards instead of so many inches, painted with living flowers and seen by open daylight - so that to paint it rightly is a debt that we owe to the beauty of flowers and to the light of the sun.

-William Robinson - The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds, 1883