Spring Bulbs: Daffodils, Tulips and Hyacinths

by Geoff Stebbings

How many varieties of daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths would you suppose are accessible to garden-variety gardeners? Hundreds is the answer, and you can try any of 240 species and cultivars of daffodils, 190 tulips, and 80 hyacinths, all beautifully photographed in close-ups of blooms and wide views of beds. An award-winning horticulturist, landscape designer, and gardening author provides the basics of how to choose the right ones for your needs, plan their arrangements in beds for a variety of displays, as well as how to plant and care for them to get the most satisfying rewards of exploding color. A special gallery explains how to showcase your handiwork in cut flower arrangements and potted displays for pleasure and for competition.

208 pages, Hardcover

First published August 28, 2005