One of the great pleasures of fall is planning spring gardens.
In temperate climates, fall is bulb-planting time. Planning a
spring bulb garden requires only simple skills and is followed
by a luxurious labor-free winter wait. A variety of spring bulbs
can enhance your garden from the end of frost to early summer.
Consult garden catalogs or nursery bulb packages to learn about
the blooming schedules of various spring bulbs when planning
your garden. Although you will usually plant all your bulbs at
the same time in the fall (once nights are cool and before the
first frost), crocuses, daffodils, tulips, spring iris and other
bulbs all mature on their own schedules. Within varieties, there
are usually early and late versions of similar flowers; tulips,
for example, are available in early, mid-season and late types,
as are daffodils/jonquils. Draw a plan for your garden, or make
notes about bulb heights and maturity schedules. Although some
garden plans are based strictly on the basis of height (small
bulbs in t