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    Tulip - Double Early - Mixed Colors

    Monday, November 17th, 2008
    Tulip - Double Early - Mixed Colors

    The Tulip ‘Mixed Colors’, ‘Tulipa double early’, is a fall planted bulb. The tender beauty of this elegant soft colored varieties is unsurpassed. The gracefully ruffled petals show varying delicate shades of color. This mixed color combination of flowers will look like a beautiful mixed bouquet of peonies. It is one of our best selling Tulips and not without reason. Its color is irresistible and it is excellent for planting in beds and borders. Combine them with early daffodils and hyacinths for a wonderful welcome to spring. These tulips bloom in early spring for a 3 week period. For the best effects, plant the bulbs in clusters of 5 to 15 bulbs of one variety, or scatter clusters throughout the garden or flower border. Tulips do best in well-drained soil. It is advisable not to plant tulips in the same location in the garden year after year. If possible, plant in a somewhat sheltered location. Tulips are excellent for mass planting, rock gardens, containers and borders.

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    Daffodil - Large Cupped - Mixed Pink Colors

    The Daffodil ‘Mixed Pink Colors’, ‘Narcissi large-cupped’, a fall planted bulb, are large-cupped daffodils that produce white flowers with a variety of pink colored cups. They have one flower per stem, and will bloom for many years each spring. The blossoms last up to 4 weeks and appear in mid spring. They are great for mass plantings, containers, and borders. Mixed Pink Color bulbs, once planted, can remain in the ground for many years. They will multiply and produce the most abundant flowering results in the 2nd and 3rd year. If necessary, very large clumps of bulbs can be lifted as soon as the leaves wither, and then they can be divided and replanted as soon as possible. After flowering, let the leaves yellow before cutting them back. The plants are deer, rabbit, and squirrel resistant.

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    Daffodil - Jonquilla - Baby Moon

    The Daffodil ‘Baby Moon’, ‘Narcissi jonquilla’, a fall planted bulb, is a delicate beauty for the front of the border, in pots or in the rock garden. It is a free-flowering miniature with dark yellow cups. The blossoms last up to 4 weeks and appear in very early spring. They are great for mass plantings, containers, and borders. Baby Moon bulbs, once planted, can remain in the ground for many years. They will multiply and produce the most abundant flowering results in the 2nd and 3rd year. If necessary, very large clumps of bulbs can be lifted as soon as the leaves wither, and then they can be divided and replanted as soon as possible. After flowering, let the leaves yellow before cutting them back. The plants are deer, rabbit, and squirrel resistant.

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    Tulip - Double Early - Sunset Tropical

    Monday, November 17th, 2008
    Tulip - Double Early - Sunset Tropical

    The Tulip ‘Sunset Tropical, ‘Tulipa double early’, is a fall planted bulb. As their name implies, double early tulips bloom early in the season with long-lasting, rose pink double flowers which open flat in the full sun. When planted in a compact group, these short-stemmed tulips develop into a magnificent carpet of color. Combine them with early daffodils and hyacinths for a wonderful welcome to spring. These tulips bloom in early spring for a 3 week period. For the best effects, plant the bulbs in clusters of 5 to 15 bulbs of one variety, or scatter clusters throughout the garden or flower border. Tulips do best in well-drained soil. It is advisable not to plant tulips in the same location in the garden year after year. If possible, plant in a somewhat sheltered location. Tulips are excellent for mass planting, rock gardens, containers and borders.

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    Daffodil - Double - Tahiti

    The Daffodil ‘Tahiti’, ‘Narcissi double’, a fall planted bulb, is an attention-getting addition to your garden. This showy double Narcissus has large symmetrical flowers of chrome-yellow, with vivid orange-red petaloids in the center. The strong stems make it quite resistant to bad weather, and they are delightfully fragrant as well. The blossoms last up to 4 weeks and appear in very early spring. They are great for mass plantings, containers, and borders. Tahiti bulbs, once planted, can remain in the ground for many years. They will multiply and produce the most abundant flowering results in the 2nd and 3rd year. If necessary, very large clumps of bulbs can be lifted as soon as the leaves wither, and then they can be divided and replanted as soon as possible. After flowering, let the leaves yellow before cutting them back. The plants are deer, rabbit, and squirrel resistant.

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    Daffodil - Split Corona - Palmares

    The Daffodil ‘Palmares’, ‘Narcissi spilt corona’, is a fall planted bulb. You will love this elegant variety with a beautiful subtle peach butterfly cup on a creamy white underground. The unusually shaped split-corona makes this variety an elegant cut flower as well. It is one of the best split-corona types in existence. The blossoms last up to 4 weeks and appear in mid spring. They are great for mass plantings, containers, and borders. Palmares bulbs, once planted, can remain in the ground for many years. They will multiply and produce the most abundant flowering results in the 2nd and 3rd year. If necessary, very large clumps of bulbs can be lifted as soon as the leaves wither, and then they can be divided and replanted as soon as possible. After flowering, let the leaves yellow before cutting them back. The plants are deer, rabbit, and squirrel resistant.

    Check Prices at Nature Hills Nursery, Inc.

    Tulip - Double Early - Sunset Tropical

    Monday, November 17th, 2008
    Tulip - Double Early - Sunset Tropical

    The Tulip ‘Sunset Tropical, ‘Tulipa double early’, is a fall planted bulb. As their name implies, double early tulips bloom early in the season with long-lasting, rose pink double flowers which open flat in the full sun. When planted in a compact group, these short-stemmed tulips develop into a magnificent carpet of color. Combine them with early daffodils and hyacinths for a wonderful welcome to spring. These tulips bloom in early spring for a 3 week period. For the best effects, plant the bulbs in clusters of 5 to 15 bulbs of one variety, or scatter clusters throughout the garden or flower border. Tulips do best in well-drained soil. It is advisable not to plant tulips in the same location in the garden year after year. If possible, plant in a somewhat sheltered location. Tulips are excellent for mass planting, rock gardens, containers and borders.

    Check Prices at Nature Hills Nursery, Inc.

    Daylily - Blueberry Cream

    The Daylily Blueberry Cream, ‘Hemerocallis’, displays large 6″ flowers of cream-yellow with lavender eye-zone and edges. A real eye-catcher! It re-blooms in late summer andis the semi-evergreen variety. No. 1 size roots. Daylilies are the perfect perennial. Each plant sends up many flower stems, and each stem bears 12 or more buds. Bloom is lavish and continues for several weeks or more on each plant. Trouble-free, maintenance-free, they tolerate most soils and conditions if they get at least 6 hours of sun. Use them in a perennial border, in front of shrubbery, as an edging along a walk or wall, and in your bulb beds, where they hide the ripening foliage of tulips and daffodils. They need dividing only every 10-15 years. Plants 18-24″ apart. Zones 3-9.

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    Daylily - Destined to See

    The Daylily Destined to See, ‘Hemerocallis’, has attractive creamy white petals with a blue-violet eye-zone. Accented with a rich purple edging. Fragrant, blooms 4-5″ across. Early mid-season bloomer, this is an evergreen variety. Daylilies are the perfect perennial. Each plant sends up many flower stems, and each stem bears 12 or more buds. Bloom is lavish and continues for several weeks or more on each plant. Trouble-free, maintenance-free, they tolerate most soils and conditions if they get at least 6 hours of sun. Use them in a perennial border, in front of shrubbery, as an edging along a walk or wall, and in your bulb beds, where they hide the ripening foliage of tulips and daffodils. They need dividing only every 10-15 years. Plants 18-24″ apart.

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    Daffodil - Species - Rip van Winkle

    The Daffodil ‘Rip van Winkle’, ‘Narcissi species’, is a fall planted bulb. This tiny Narcissus with its unusual aster-like flowers blooms extremely early in the spring - at the same time as the Crocus. It is a real eye catcher, despite it’s small size, and it is easy to grow and colonize. The blossoms last up to 4 weeks and appear in very early spring. They are great for mass plantings, containers, and borders. Rip van Winkle bulbs, once planted, can remain in the ground for many years. They will multiply and produce the most abundant flowering results in the 2nd and 3rd year. If necessary, very large clumps of bulbs can be lifted as soon as the leaves wither, and then they can be divided and replanted as soon as possible. After flowering, let the leaves yellow before cutting them back. The plants are deer, rabbit, and squirrel resistant.

    Check Prices at Nature Hills Nursery, Inc.