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Its darn hard to freeze a flowering spring bulb. They have a sort of "antifreeze" in their cells. The tulips are usually blooming late enough to avoid the spring snows but the crocus often get hit. My daffs are rarely frozen.  I have daffs, scilla, grape hyacinths, crocus, primroses and hellebore blooming now. All were under he snow and all were fine when it melted. When a flower or plant freezes the cell walls rupture and there is no coming back for the frozen. By the way,  I highly recommend the scilla. They are a "minor bulb" but have a major impact if you want to naturalize bulbs.
 
Why one type of tulip bulb escapes the appetite of critters and another doesn't is a mystery. I suspect that some of the bulbs produce something that makes them unpalatable just as some people are not bitten by mosquitos.  It's the same with plants. It is hard to tell what's going to get eaten although some of that is just deer with plant specific appetites.  I just don't think that tulips are worth planting unless you are critter free. The deer eat off the flowers if the bulbs manage to escape. I've even tried growing those tiny specimen tulips and they only lasted a few years. They were growing among the scilla so it would have been a very meticulous squirrel to have picked them out. 
 
Beware! The daffodils on the walkway are not growing wild and we shoot to kill.

Its darn hard to freeze a flowering spring bulb. They have a sort of "antifreeze" in their cells. The tulips are usually blooming late enough to avoid the spring snows but the crocus often get hit. My daffs are rarely frozen.  I have daffs, scilla, grape hyacinths, crocus, primroses and hellebore blooming now. All were under he snow and all were fine when it melted. When a flower or plant freezes the cell walls rupture and there is no coming back for the frozen. By the way,  I highly recommend the scilla. They are a "minor bulb" but have a major impact if you want to naturalize bulbs.
 
Why one type of tulip bulb escapes the appetite of critters and another doesn't is a mystery. I suspect that some of the bulbs produce something that makes them unpalatable just as some people are not bitten by mosquitos.  It's the same with plants. It is hard to tell what's going to get eaten although some of that is just deer with plant specific appetites.  I just don't think that tulips are worth planting unless you are critter free. The deer eat off the flowers if the bulbs manage to escape. I've even tried growing those tiny specimen tulips and they only lasted a few years. They were growing among the scilla so it would have been a very meticulous squirrel to have picked them out. 
 
Beware! The daffodils on the walkway are not growing wild and we shoot to kill.

I'd say stick it in the ground. It will go dormant immediately most likely and the chances of it blooming g next year are slim. If you can get it through another season it will probably bloom the following year. Bulbs build up strength after they bloom. That is why they say to leave the foliage intact. Pot bulbs rarely are able to store what they need to produce the flower bud that is formed in the bulb during the winter. That is why they need a chilling period. So it usually takes one full season in the ground before they will bloom.
That said everything eats tulips from squirrels to deer. They eat off the blooms, the leaves and will dig up the bulbs. Stick with daffodils as they are poisonous. Crocus are sometimes eaten but work better than tulips. Most of the minor bulbs like grape hyacinth and squill are mostly carefree. Hyacinths are occasionally eaten off by the curious deer but mostly they aren't bothered. They just get the flowers and nothing eats the bulbs.

Same thing as the daffodils.
 
I have taken the tulips that I have had in the past & planted them in the ground. Mine were next to the house. I put blood meal & bone meal down when I got the hole ready. They came up the next year but no flowers, the following year they bloomed.
 
Chippys, squirrels, dogs, skunks, & other critters like to dig them up & eat them. You can take chicken wire and lay it flat over the area you planted your bulbs, then put dirt over top of it. Keeps themfrom digging them up.

You want to plant those bulbs in the fall. They will be available in the local stores then.

Me too! And having a tomato that tastes like a tomato.

I'm so looking forward to playing in the dirt!

It's another growing season. I didn't order seeds this year so have spent the last two weeks visiting 5 or 6 different stores to get seeds. I'll be planting different varieties this year. Some of the ones I usually order aren't available in stores. I have noticed over the past few years that the variety of broccoli and cauliflower that I've planted for years are not doing as well. I think that we have had some climate change as peppers, which never grew at all, are doing better. The cold weather crops that used to flourish are not doing as well.
So what are we all planting this year? Got a tomato called Bloody Butcher. Liked the name! I also saved cucumber seed from last year. It was open pollinated and I thought I'd see how that worked. I've never saved cucumber seed before but these did well. I'm not sure what they were but I have it here somewhere.

It's another growing season. I didn't order seeds this year so have spent the last two weeks visiting 5 or 6 different stores to get seeds. I'll be planting different varieties this year. Some of the ones I usually order aren't available in stores. I have noticed over the past few years that the variety of broccoli and cauliflower that I've planted for years are not doing as well. I think that we have had some climate change as peppers, which never grew at all, are doing better. The cold weather crops that used to flourish are not doing as well.
So what are we all planting this year? Got a tomato called Bloody Butcher. Liked the name! I also saved cucumber seed from last year. It was open pollinated and I thought I'd see how that worked. I've never saved cucumber seed before but these did well. I'm not sure what they were but I have it here somewhere.

Get more plants. Hubbies get so annoyed that they build you a greenhouse. Not being able to stop at one, they sometimes build you two. Anything to get those pesky plants out of the house. Plants take up surface area that hubby wants to cover with junk that should have a place in a drawer or cupboard. Dusting........mission impossible.

I love the yellow Phalaenopsis orchids. They are harder to grow than the more common white and pinks and don't bloom as well. They are a smaller more fragile plant but this year I've got quite a few of them blooming. Actually, the yellows die at a great rate.
 
The last is a yellow/ green with a rose center. As the blossoms age they turn white. You have two colored blooms on one plant. Next to last picture is the white version.
 
 
Fifth is light yellow.
 
Third has an orange lip.
 
Second is a yellow and white orchid.
 
The  first is a mini Phal. Its not yellow but it is cute.
 
Sorry, it put the pic in reverse order but I think I have them straight now.
 
The last one had a double flower stem as did the fourth. It was a good year for blooming orchids.

I love the yellow Phalaenopsis orchids. They are harder to grow than the more common white and pinks and don't bloom as well. They are a smaller more fragile plant but this year I've got quite a few of them blooming. Actually, the yellows die at a great rate.
 
The last is a yellow/ green with a rose center. As the blossoms age they turn white. You have two colored blooms on one plant. Next to last picture is the white version.
 
 
Fifth is light yellow.
 
Third has an orange lip.
 
Second is a yellow and white orchid.
 
The  first is a mini Phal. Its not yellow but it is cute.
 
Sorry, it put the pic in reverse order but I think I have them straight now.
 
The last one had a double flower stem as did the fourth. It was a good year for blooming orchids.

I love the yellow Phalaenopsis orchids. They are harder to grow than the more common white and pinks and don't bloom as well. They are a smaller more fragile plant but this year I've got quite a few of them blooming. Actually, the yellows die at a great rate.
 
The last is a yellow/ green with a rose center. As the blossoms age they turn white. You have two colored blooms on one plant. Next to last picture is the white version.
 
 
Fifth is light yellow.
 
Third has an orange lip.
 
Second is a yellow and white orchid.
 
The  first is a mini Phal. Its not yellow but it is cute.
 
Sorry, it put the pic in reverse order but I think I have them straight now.
 
The last one had a double flower stem as did the fourth. It was a good year for blooming orchids.

I love the yellow Phalaenopsis orchids. They are harder to grow than the more common white and pinks and don't bloom as well. They are a smaller more fragile plant but this year I've got quite a few of them blooming. Actually, the yellows die at a great rate.
 
The last is a yellow/ green with a rose center. As the blossoms age they turn white. You have two colored blooms on one plant. Next to last picture is the white version.
 
 
Fifth is light yellow.
 
Third has an orange lip.
 
Second is a yellow and white orchid.
 
The  first is a mini Phal. Its not yellow but it is cute.
 
Sorry, it put the pic in reverse order but I think I have them straight now.
 
The last one had a double flower stem as did the fourth. It was a good year for blooming orchids.

You are related to the poet John Greenleaf Whittier as well! How fascinating! 
 

Many years ago I bought a peach colored, variegated brugmansia at Longwood Gardens. It is the first one. It isn't a particularly robust plant but it blooms periodically with the peach colored flowers fading to white as they age.   A couple of years ago it threw off a green "sport". We are always advised to take these off or they tend to take over the plant. Sometimes they are desirable variations and that is where we get a number of unusual plants. I couldn't bring myself to throw it away so I rooted it. It finally has bloomed. The buds are yellow and they open to a white flower with a yellow tint. It is a faster growing much sturdier plant that the parent. Something interesting when the snow is flying!
 
 

Many years ago I bought a peach colored, variegated brugmansia at Longwood Gardens. It is the first one. It isn't a particularly robust plant but it blooms periodically with the peach colored flowers fading to white as they age.   A couple of years ago it threw off a green "sport". We are always advised to take these off or they tend to take over the plant. Sometimes they are desirable variations and that is where we get a number of unusual plants. I couldn't bring myself to throw it away so I rooted it. It finally has bloomed. The buds are yellow and they open to a white flower with a yellow tint. It is a faster growing much sturdier plant that the parent. Something interesting when the snow is flying!
 
 

FYI.... there is a greenhouse for sale/trade in the clsfids

Many years ago I bought a peach colored, variegated brugmansia at Longwood Gardens. It is the first one. It isn't a particularly robust plant but it blooms periodically with the peach colored flowers fading to white as they age.   A couple of years ago it threw off a green "sport". We are always advised to take these off or they tend to take over the plant. Sometimes they are desirable variations and that is where we get a number of unusual plants. I couldn't bring myself to throw it away so I rooted it. It finally has bloomed. The buds are yellow and they open to a white flower with a yellow tint. It is a faster growing much sturdier plant that the parent. Something interesting when the snow is flying!
 
 

Many years ago I bought a peach colored, variegated brugmansia at Longwood Gardens. It is the first one. It isn't a particularly robust plant but it blooms periodically with the peach colored flowers fading to white as they age.   A couple of years ago it threw off a green "sport". We are always advised to take these off or they tend to take over the plant. Sometimes they are desirable variations and that is where we get a number of unusual plants. I couldn't bring myself to throw it away so I rooted it. It finally has bloomed. The buds are yellow and they open to a white flower with a yellow tint. It is a faster growing much sturdier plant that the parent. Something interesting when the snow is flying!
 
 

Squirrels are good with tomato sauce.

What is it with Laws? Everyone wants to have a Law passed for all kinds of things.  Then wonder why our freedom is going down the tubes. I will take care of my own Damn Dawg.

Should this law pass you can always call the authorities to serve Wilmadawg with the proper papers (pun intended) to get her inside when temperatures drop. I'm sure she will be impressed. If she refuses to comply they can always haul her off to the local lockup. This is another one of those intrusive laws that is going to penalize the many for the faults of the few.