by Ilona | Spring, tulips
Bring the big blooms and perennial qualities of Kaufmanniana and Greigii tulips into your home landscape. Their vibrant colors make these two types of specie tulips must-haves for the spring garden. Variegated Foliage Tulips The Kaufmanniana and Greigii divisions of... 
by Ilona Erwin | Small flowering bulbs, Spring
The Minor Flowering Bulbs I Love Along with a few stories One of the first things I wrote about for this site centered on the small, or minor, bulbs. Read it here, with the names, descriptions, and my comments on those I’ve grown. I wanted to further point out... 
by Ilona Erwin | Garden Design Ideas, Small flowering bulbs, Spring, tulips
Discover Wildling Tulips The specie tulips have a charm all their own, with the small size, but tough constitution of plants that grow in the wild. Tulipa polychroma is an example of the delicacy of the flower and form of the species class. Grown in pots makes them... 
by Ilona Erwin | Spring, tulips
Tulipa Division 15 Ideal for Naturalizing Want something different blooming in the bulb garden? Or do you just love dainty little plants? Grow some of the wild botanical bulbs, better known as specie tulips. Specie tulips are sold in the fall as bulbs, just like their... 
by Ilona Erwin | Containers, Flowering bulbs, Garden Design Ideas
View the video for: Pretty effects for earliest container plantings: spring bulbs. One thing I would add to the information is that in Ohio it would be important to store the container in a frost free area. Somewhere the bulbs would get chilled, but not frozen... 
by Ilona Erwin | Autumn, garden tales, interesting facts, tulips
Tulips grown from bulbs raised in Holland are the easiest way for even ‘brown thumb’ gardeners to get fabulous spring garden color. Those big gorgeous tulip blooms don’t often recur; a realization brought home in the very next year, or two. This...
