critter resistant bulbs Archives

Iris Reticulatas Critter Resistant, Rare and Beautiful- The Best Early Spring Bulbs For Nourishing Pollinators Each fall, Harvesting History creates a series of newsletters about flower bulbs that must be planted in autumn so that they can produce magnificent flowers throughout the spring. For the past 15 years we have noticed a decline in interest on the part of the gardening public when it comes to spring bulbs. The decline is the result of critters which eat the bulbs throughout the winter or devour the blossoms just as they are about to burst into blossom throughout the spring. All the hard work of the fall produces little or no results in the spring. This year, we are going to focus on bulbs that, for the most part, are critter

SPECIES TULIP – T. ACUMINATA, THE FIRE FLAME TIP The Ancient Miracle Tulips- Genuinely Critter Resistant This year Harvesting History’s fall newsletter series is going to focus on spring flowering bulbs that are critter resistant and great plants for nourishing pollinators. In the last three newsletters, we discussed Rock Garden Irises (Iris reticulatas), Chionodoxas (Glory of the Snow), Galanthus (Snowdrops) and Hyacinthoides (Bluebells). In this newsletter we are going to begin to focus on the Species Tulips. We will discuss Species Tulips for the next 3 newsletters. I am about to describe for you 4 species tulips that I will tell you deer don’t eat, BUT all of you need to know that when deer are stressed enough, they will eat anything and everything. This includes thorny holly leaves,