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The view north on the east side of the Fern and Narcissus Walk with masses of yellow Narcissus 'Trivithian' and white Narcissus 'Actaea' accented with blue Muscari in a totally natural setting.
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Naturalized Bulbs
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Naturalized Bulbs and Conservatory
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And the view looking south again along the east side of the Fern and Narcissus Walk with Narcissus 'Carlton' in the foreground and the entrance to the Conservatory and the Upper Woodland Garden beyond.
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More naturalized bulbs on the aptly named "Bulb Lawn" with Narcissus 'Kissproof' in the front.
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Bulb Lawn
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Yellow Daffodils and Tulips
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All the flowers in this photo are just about the same shade of yellow--but look again and you will see that in the front we have Narcissus 'Trevithian' and in the back the Lily flowered Tulipa 'West Point.'
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A Lily flowered Tulip with bright orange petals and glowing yellow centers.
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Lily Flowered Tulipa 'Ballerina'
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The Flower Garden
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A particularly colorful spot with masses of red, orange, and yellow Tulips and yellow Daffodils. Tulipa 'Daydream' is on the left.
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A favorite at Stonecrop, Narcissus 'Jack Snipe' with a long narrow yellow trumpet and slightly reflexed white petals.
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Narcissus 'Jack Snipe'
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Lily Flowered Tulipa 'William and Mary'
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And a pale yellow Lily flowered Tulip.
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And now the colors get tricky--pink Tulipa 'Apricot Beauty' with Narcissus 'Salome' with pinkish trumpets and white petals.
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Bring on the Pink
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And Now the Purple
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Over here, purplish red Tulips are planted with the perennial Lysimachia ciliata with its foliage a deeper shade of the Tulips. Clever--and we will see many more well thought out color combinations as the season progresses.
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One way to strike up the hot colors is to plant orange Tulipa 'Daydream' with the yellow and orange Narcissus 'Ambergate.'
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Orange and Yellow Made Easy
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Orange and Yellow Made Even Easier
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And another way to mix the oranges and yellows is to simply mix a planting of yellow and orange Tulips--wrong! This is really easy--just plant the Tulipa 'Daydream' and as the flowers age and change from yellow to orange to red, the result is a planting of mixed colors.
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While the Tulips may be the center of attention in the Flower Garden now, there will be many perennials, annuals, and tender tropicals to watch soon. Already blooming is the perennial Honesty, a member of the Cruciferae family. The other species of the genus, L. annua, is an annual or biennial.
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Lunaria rediviva
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