Gardening with Allen: Bulbs can be planted almost anywhere

Could you give us some suggestions for landscaping with fall planted bulbs?

Spring-flowering bulbs are available in many stores now. Best selections are at full-service nurseries and garden stores. Bulbs do dry out in stores, so buying early gives you the best quality. If you can’t plant right away, store bulbs in a cool place.

They can be planted up until early December.

There are so many places to plant bulbs that you can never have too many. They do not have to be limited to their own space. I like to plant bulbs anywhere I plant annual flowers. You can plant bulbs between currently growing annuals. In the spring I plant my annual flowers between bulbs, even before the bulb leaves start to turn brown.

I also plant bulbs among perennial flowers. They are through flowering before most