12 Gladiator Allium Bulbs Planted - Front Porch Beds - October 2022
Last week, I posted about the two packs of Gladiator Allium bulbs that I picked up at Costco recently and mused about where I could plant them. In front? In back? IB2DWs? Front porch beds? With the recent SIGNIFICANT moves in our front yard beds - more on this to come - I thought that I should find a way to put these mid-size bulbs in that bed. They're what I would call medium-sized in height - so they can go in a lot of places in that front bed. I was - initially - thinking that I was going to plant them BEHIND the row of boxwoods and in front of the hydrangeas. Why behind the boxwoods? Because they're NOT (currently) that big. Even after six growing seasons. Why? Because of the Norway Maple has been crowding them out. Both in terms of the big, thick mat of roots. But, also...(I believe) because of light. But, if that Norway Maple isn't there any longer, won't that help the boxwoods grow up and o...