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| Puchella Easter Star |
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Of all the early spring bulbs, mini botanical tulips are my favorite. In zone 3,
spring bulbs have a difficult time of it. They tend to try and come up when the snow is still everywhere and often do not bloom until they are well established. My
puchella was planted in 2010 and this is the first bloom I have seen. It is a single bloom but gives me hope for the future.
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| Tarda Patch |
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tarda, on the other hand are very well established and seem to be the one variety that I can count on to bloom every year, no matter what. They form huge patches very quickly here for me. As an example, I divided the
boardwalk garden patches last year and they still doubled in size in that single year. I was commenting yesterday that I might need to divide them again! Not only reliable, they are real stunners. With a pale purple translucent bud that opens to a bright yellow flower with white tips. They look great with
turkestanica, which has the opposite colouring. One caution though... turkestanica is much taller than tarda in my garden so it is best to plant them in patches beside each other rather than all mixed together. Puchella and tarda are the same height and could be planted together to form bright patches of multi-colours. I don't plan on trying that until the puchella are much more abundant here so maybe check back in 2050!!
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| Turkestanica |
hoping your puchilla multiplies faster than that so I can partake ;)
ReplyDeleteYou know you are first on the list! I decided best leave well enough alone and am going to extend the garden edge to meet them rather than move them now that I have a bloom.
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