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There are many bulbs in the Moosey Garden - most of them are spring flowering, the result of having two daffodil farms just around the country corner! First to be enjoyed are the small winter crocuses, followed by daffodils of all shapes and styles, muscari, hyacinths, bluebells, and the odd tulip.

Mixed daffodils on the Road-Side

You'll have to forgive me if I concentrate on spring bulbs - and if tulips are your favourite I may need to explain the 'odd' reference above! My relationship with my tulips is sadly rather severe - I don't lift them or replace them, and consequently if they lose vigour (which they do) we fall out!

Daffodils are my real favourite - and I've resisted the temptation to classify mine correctly. In line with the Moosey Random Gardening Style I've looked in terms of colour groups. Many of my scattered collection came from the late David Bell Daffodil Collection. They're all famous prize-winners in my garden!

As the seasons progress I'll now have an excuse to buy in new bulbs. South African types are popular and available, as are many varieties of the love-or-loathe-them gladioli. Be patient, and in the meantime enjoy my spring bulb collection!

Bright Yellow Daffodil... Tue 14th Sep 2004: Bright yellow daffodils are a powerful symbol of sunny spring days, and the most representative of all the daffodil flowers. You can buy bunches of these in the supermarket! They are big, bright and unsubtle.
Pink and White Daffodils... Tue 14th Sep 2004: I've grouped together two different varieties of the pink and white daffodils I grow - this colour combination is so beautiful and subtle.
Earlicheer Daffodil... Wed 15th Sep 2004: This delicate and fragrant daffodil isn't the earliest to flower in the Moosey spring garden, but it is always eagerly awaited.I plant it alongside paths so it can be fully appreciated by the discerning gardening nose.
Orange Tulip... Wed 15th Sep 2004: Finally, a tulip which has survived for years in the Moosey Garden is captured in a photograph! There is a small patch of this subtle orange beauty in the house garden.
Unusual Daffodil... Wed 15th Sep 2004: This is one of the unusual bi-coloured daffodils I grow in the Moosey garden. By good luck rather than design I have several uniform clumps.
Daffodils with Orange Centres... Wed 15th Sep 2004: Help! - my abilities to adequately describe a daffodil are getting weaker by the moment! I've grouped two pretty daffodil flowers on this page - both have delicate orange centres.
Miniature Daffodils... Sat 16th Sep 2006: The very first daffodils to flower in the Moosey spring garden are the miniature yellow trumpets. I grow several clumps of these, sensibly placed (for once) right on the edge of the garden beds.
Blue Muscari... Mon 11th Oct 2004: These beautiful blue spring flowering bulbs are often taken for granted, or told off for self seeding. They are, of course, Muscari (or Grape Hyacinths). They're most welcome in the Moosey spring garden.
Apricot and Cream Daffodil... Thu 16th Sep 2004: Apricot and cream are the colours of this daffodil which came from the David Bell Daffodil farm. It's the only one of its type in the garden, and I love it.
Blue Hyacinth... Fri 17th Sep 2004: Hyacinths don't get any special treatment in the Moosey Spring Garden - these fragrant spring bulbs live and grow in small patches by the glass-house.
Creamy White Daffodils... Sat 18th Sep 2004: Some gardeners think that all-white daffodils are the height of style. I'm very fond of those in my spring garden - I have some clumps of whites-only, as well as smaller solo whites in the mixed plantings.
Miniature Jonquils... Tue 21st Sep 2004: These small lemon jonquils flower right in the middle of spring, when the bright yellow miniature trumpet daffodils are finishing. They are easy to miss in the riot of yellow, so I grow them on the edge of the border.
Lemon and Terracotta Daffodils... Sat 25th Sep 2004: I have a clump of these unusually coloured spring daffodils growing in the driveway garden. Their petals are a lemony yellow, and their trumpets are the colour of terracotta.
Red Tulips... Sun 10th Oct 2004: Specialist growers of tulips would not be impressed with my motley collection of these handsome spring flowering bulbs. I have tried, but unless I buy in replacements each year the Moosey garden tulips seem to just disappear.
Lemon Tulips... Sun 10th Oct 2004: A small group of pale creamy-lemon tulips have somehow survived the general tulip bulb neglect in the Moosey Garden. They flower in the Laundry Garden with my collection of herbs and lavenders.
Trillium... Mon 11th Oct 2004: I think I have a Trillium in the garden. I don't really remember it coming here, though I noticed it first flowering last spring.
Pink Tulips... Mon 25th Oct 2004: Did I ever claim that I don’t bother much with tulips in the Moosey Garden? Foolish gardener! These soft pink and white tulips are absolutely beautiful.
Spraxias... Sat 6th Nov 2004: If I am to be taken seriously as a gardener, then my garden must feature more flowering bulbs than just daffodils and tulips. And so it does - these Spraxias arrived by accident (clinging to a daylily) and I love them!
Gladioli Flowers... Tue 28th Feb 2006: Finally, a summer flowering flower grown from a bulb - well, actually a corm! Gladioli have a definite summer style, and they come in a gaudy range of bright colours. Like dahlias they are a symbol of the colour-filled suburban flower garden.
Blue Spring Crocus... Tue 25th Sep 2007: Many gardeners will have experienced this. Suddenly an odd little flower or plant pops up - when did I plant that? And where on earth did it come from? Such is the case with one of my latest spring treasures - a large flowering crocus.