Landscaping with Bulbs
Mary Sue Ittner (Sun, 12 Oct 2003 08:29:05 PDT)

Dear All,

Thanks for all the wonderful responses everyone has written about
landscaping with bulbs. We had some theory and practice as well and
examples from a lot of different locations. I don't think anyone from the
southern United States shared what worked there, but we did hear about some
of the areas of the world that weren't covered in our regional discussions
earlier.

As I read I kept thinking it would have been nice to see some illustrations
of what people were talking about. If there is interest in this we could
always make a Landscaping with Bulbs wiki page for pictures.

Hamish, the California deer where I live are undeterred with most all of
the folk remedies and the ones visiting my garden were especially attracted
to some of the sprays meant to keep them away. Maybe the New Jersey deer
are different.

When we first moved here I didn't want to have a fence so I tried all I
read about first. We then fenced one area at a time until finally we did
our whole property. We have had a couple visitors since. Twice was during
the day when the gate is open and in the beginning we learned that deer can
jump over 6 feet. But they seemed to have given up now. Other unknown
creatures get under the fence (rabbits?) and the Crested Blue Vultures
(Scrub Jays) and I continue to battle for my plant tags.

Mary Sue
Mary Sue Ittner
California's North Coast
Wet mild winters with occasional frost
Dry mild summers