The bottom of a planter was falling off so I had to empty it's contents which were mostly muscari bulbs. They are waiting to be replanted once the planter is fixed.

A chore I have been putting off is replanting the 200+ daffodils because I am having trouble finding good spots for them. Last year I planted them in front of the fence next to the sidewalk but then dug them up in spring to replant the area with annuals.

Daylilies I bought recently at the regional plant sale found a home after I pulled out the marigold plants. I figured they will be history in another month or so anyway.

Is anyone else pulling out annuals to make room for perennials that otherwise have nowhere to go? Is anyone having trouble finding just the right spots for all those spring bulbs? Are you inter planting daffs with perennials or do they have their own areas? Would it be a good idea to plant them at the very front of the border in each flower bed right inside the decorative fence, or would that look wierd?

I'm trying to avoid digging into bulbs every time I plant something new and marking every area that has bulbs wont work either because the tags would be everywhere.

Someone please tell me I'm not the only one with this problem!

I like seeing crocus planted in lawns, they look great in dormant grass. Obviously this is of no help at all to you except to say it did seem like the daffs were buried pretty deep and I didn't run into them digging, in fact, I had to dig way way down to finally get the bulbs when I dug them out. I was surprised how deep they were. I'd dig up toads every now and then but not daffodil bulbs until I consciously decided to dig them out. We have lots of toads. Maybe you can dig the bulbs in deeper?

As a September project, I placed an order with SRG and am expecting a lot of grasses tomorrow, I went a bit overboard. Its still so dry here I may wait to plant but I usually can't wait to get things in the ground. I've been moving plants around for the last couple weeks, sort of editing, massing and fixing mistakes. I have planted over 100 little bluestem grasses in massed plantings along with 3 kinds of Muhly grass in a mass planting and as specimens. Its finally cooler here and pleasant to work outside, temps dropped down into the comfy 80's and it cools down in evening finally. I'm excited to get my order in. I haven't done any serious trimming yet, things are starting to rebloom in earnest & lots of hummingbirds and butterflies are visiting, we are in Indian Summer mode.

Speaking of SRG, how did that small heuchera plant do that you ordered in July? I remember you got a puny one and was wondering if it came around or not? I didn't do so well with heuchera but its been a long time since I tried to grow any. Maybe its too hot? Too dry? Bad mother? How'd you do with them? I also remember you had a tree that was trimmed back or removed and were getting more sun in a spot, I think it was columbines you had growing there. Thats another plant that doesn't do well for me and I wondered if yours made it or not.

As for the grasses, they do great with very little effort and now they are coming into the best time of the year so this is when I always crater,get greedy and want to buy more---I swear, I really went overboard because you cannot beat those sale prices at SRG. I ended up placing a second order two days after the first.