And here's the kicker: after blooming, bulbs need their leaves to regroup and gain strength to make more flowers the next year. So if you remove the ugly, boring drying foliage too soon, you deprive the bulbs of their needed replenishment. This unsightly yet necessary "maturing" factor is something to keep in mind when planning your bulb plantings. You might even decide to grow your bulbs as annuals simply to avoid it.
But even if some bulbs don't repeat from year to year (although many of them do) I still plant some more every fall. I like to see the new colors and varieties, I like to bury secret treasure to be revealed next spring and I suppose, I like to defy the winter to come by planting a sure talisman of faith in spring. Did I say winter?
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