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Forum: Article: Seven ways to sneak bulbs into your landscape without your lawn's mower even noticing!Replies: 1, Views: 8
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SunnyBorders
Aurora, ON
(Zone 5a)

May 15, 2009
04:30 PM

Post #6553296

Good article
Just a note on what to avoid, at least in our area, unless you want the bulbs spreading all over the place: Avoid
(1) Chionodoxa forbesii (luciliae)
(2) Puschkinia libanotica
(3) Scilla sibirica
My experience with these, is they will invade the lawn and then potentially invade your neighbours property. Personally, I would only use bulbs that spread by bulb division, not seeding. 'Will naturalize' and 'forms drifts' may be a warning - I strongly suspect that the above have the potential to invade natural areas.
I think, at this stage, that Chionodoxa 'Giant Pink'/'Pink Giant' stays in a clump, though I have been told otherwise; so not sure.
carrielamont
Milton, MA
(Zone 6a)

May 15, 2009
05:11 PM

Post #6553409

Thanks, Sunny, that's helpful information. I wasn't really addressing what to plant so much as where to plant them. Thanks for your comment! :-)


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