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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,

Camassia Cusickii Buy Now for Fall Planting We have spent nearly 6 weeks discussing the bulbs of spring, and this will be our last newsletter on this subject for the 2018 season. I hope you have enjoyed some of these newsletters. I believe that the more you know about the stories behind these flowers, the more you will love and cherish them.With respect to planting these flower bulbs, the time hascome. In Hardiness Zones 1-4, you should be planting now. You have at most 2-3 weeks left. I n Hardiness Zones 5-7, you can start now and you have until the beginning of January. In Hardiness Zones 8-9, you can start planting in mid-November and continue through the Christmas holidays, but in Zones 8-9 you should refrigerate the bulbs for at least 8 weeks before planting . Whether