Yes, No, Maybe So

One of the things I am continually assessing for the gardens is what has worked and what I want to change.

A returning topic each spring is what to do with the tulip bulbs that produce greens every year, but by and large do not bloom. My husband has said dig them out and repurpose that space for daylilies I want to add. Very thoughtful. And I seriously considered it. I really wanted to add those daylilies. But the shrubs right there really expand just about the time the daylilies bud out. The daylilies would be hidden.

And I remember the year we put the tulip bulbs into the ground there. Our now DIL was newly dating our son. Within 15 min of meeting, we were garden talking. She is directly responsible for my daylily seed harvesting habit 🥰 I remember vividly when she said, “You know you can save those and grow new daylilies! Don’t let them go to waste!” I even have a daylily from seed that we rescued from being trampled on the ground in a seed pod at a local garden store. So many memories. And we planted so many tulips and daffodils and different hyacinth into the ground that fall. Admittedly most don’t bloom any more. That was years and years ago. They now have gardens of their own, and two very active little boys who love to help garden. Who love to play in the dirt like us haha!

So, what to do with those tulip bulbs. Ack! They can stay another year.