I'm a big fan of low-maintenance flowers that are nearly impossible to kill. I have violets, daffodils, columbines, a few tulips, some coral bells, lily of the valley, and lots of irises in several colors. And some hostas that have inexplicably resisted being eaten by deer. Over time the plants spread and get overcrowded, especially plants with bulbs (daffodils) or rhizomes (irises), and then you need to dig them up, divide them, and replant them in several places around the yard and give some away to friends. Most of my plants came from friends and relatives and spread from there. I take a Darwinist approach to gardening and let it tend to itself.
Don't worry about cutting the flowers from the tulips and daffodils. You would have to dead-head them anyway after the flowers died to prevent them going to seed. So think of it as a preemptive maneuver. ;-)
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Date: 2011-05-05 01:55 am (UTC)Don't worry about cutting the flowers from the tulips and daffodils. You would have to dead-head them anyway after the flowers died to prevent them going to seed. So think of it as a preemptive maneuver. ;-)