Border Gardens with Daffodils

The bulbs are mostly hidden now in my front border garden.

This week's article is on Border Gardens, and is the third of a three article feature series titled "Three Gardens" that brings a new bulb garden each week featuring daffodils.

It doesn't take a professional landscaper to have that look. You can add character to your home with a spectacular array of spring color. As was said last week, for tree gardens use bulbs with different heights and that bloom at different times to make the garden last a long time. Taller bulbs should be planted behind the others to avoid hiding the short stems from view.

The list of bulbs below will provide for a planting that will brighten up your border, be it a property line, the side walk across the front of the property, or just a large front lawn area that needs spring color.

As we said last week, prepare the bed well, dug to at least 8 inches deep and mix in a high percentage of organic matter, and decomposed manure. Some landscapers use a mound that is heaped-up soil that is mostly organic matter and mulch to get the right depth, you can do that too as it's easier than digging hard-packed soil. Clearing away the sod helps relieve the grass problem, but the design is simple, pile the soil mixture on top of the ground until it is as deep as you need to plant. Some use landscaping timbers to form a border for the mound, but that is personal choice and is not necessary.

The Border Garden

A border garden makes a fence into a beautiful backdrop, but a fence is not necessary to have a spectacular display. So go ahead, personalize your gardens! It's easy and it fun. As we said before, the key to having a eye pleasing garden display is to plant bulbs in "clumps" and to mix and match colors.

The bulbs listed below will provide a spectacular view in that border garden! The bulb recommended here are for a 12' long bed that is 3' wide.

• Allium Globemaster (purple) Spaced 4" apart. Height 36" and about 5 bulbs to clump -2 clumps 10 bulbs
• Crocus (purple) Spaced 3" apart. Height 8" and about 15 bulbs to a clump - 3 clumps 45 bulbs.
• Daffodils (white -'Thalia' or other all white) Spaced 6" apart. Height 18" and about 9 bulbs to a clump - 3 clumps 27 bulbs
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