How I'm planting bulbs in the new garden | Deer-resistant plan 

I like the idea of planting bulbs that all come out at once, definitely a different approach

FIRST OFF...I absolutely love your dog! 🐕 I've been following for quite a while and when I saw Laura on Garden answers feature one of your videos, it just made my heart so happy! I am a recovering addict and your videos, along with Garden answers has inspired me so much that I have completely re landscaped my entire house, plus put in a vegetable garden and now have 11 chickens.😂 Gardening has been amazing therapy for me. This will be my first season planting fall bulbs. 10 Purple sensation allium and 12 replete daffodil. Wish me luck!

thanks for the info. Now following you thanks to Laura on Garden Answer. Spread the garden word......🤓🇨🇦

Yes girl, I got hit with the springitous and I’m planting all the spring bulbs. Everything but the kitchen sink

Ok, I’ve got serious soil envy going on right now!

My Mother was from Newfoundland, love you and your dogs.

I was just regretting buying bulbs because I'm out of energy for the season. You have encouraged me to get out there this weekend and get them planted in groups. 🌷

This is my first fall that I have decided to plant bulbs! I was a little overwhelmed when my order of 360 bulbs arrived! As well as the packages of bulbs I picked up I think all together I planted around 435 bulbs! HA! why not? I have no idea what i'm doing but they are all planted and now I can't wait until spring!

THE DEER!!! I love watching your channel because you get it! I am northeast of Philadelphia and let me tell you, these deer think they are my pets. I planted about 500 bulbs this fall with mix of King Alfred daffodils, white lion double bloom daffodil, Narcissus 'Delnashaugh double daffodil, Hyacinth, Muscari, Purple Sensation alliums and a white allium but I can't remember its name. Your videos always teach me so much and your humor is appreciated. Thank you!

I did 200 giant alliums to add to my white tulip area can’t wait I love your area Erin what a piece of heaven

Always upping my bulb game. I have the crazy approach. No planning at all...just stick them in every spot I can! Lol!

Planted over 300 bulbs yesterday! Daffodils, tulips, snakes head, windflowers, and snowflakes. Excited for them to pop up next Spring.

I have only been at this for one season but if I keep watching you and Laura...next fall I will be ready! Thanks for all of the inspiration.

Look at that black rich soil, envy envy! Love Wisconsin, now move to southern IL, clay soil, so hard to dig when it is completely dry. Always need to prepare the soul before planting.

I have nearly finished planting my bulbs, they weighed 12kg, over 200+. I have a small garden, so it really requires planning, constantly, because I have to keep out bulbs from the places where I plant dahlias which require deep digging, but I can plant seeds on top of the returning bulbs, because that doesn't require digging, so I am not destroying bulbs. The bulbs which won't return I will dig out and plant there other summer flowers and pull those summer flowers when I need to plant bulbs.... 😄 Also planted returning bulbs - Daffodils- between perennials, as space- saving method, bulbs should be over by the time perennials pick up.. 😊 I still enjoy it all and I don't mind the effort. Love the planning part as much as the planting part 😊 and if someone thinks that is not worth it... just wait until they bloom 😍😎 Greetings, Judit

Erin, You do have beautiful dirt! And, it was so nice to see two of my favorite gardeners now know one another!

I absolutely love your garden and I'm in awe of your bulb plan. Over 2000 bulbs!!! My husband and I planted 250 in our new circle garden and I thought that was a big job. BTW you and Laura from GardenAnswer were my inspiration for my circle garden. You both have such beautiful examples to go by! Thank you so much for sharing all of your knowledge and experience.

Thank you for giving me deer resistant ideas for bulbs. Your dogs are adorable!

This is my second fall planting bulbs as a new gardener. Last year I planted some tulips, daffodils and a few alliums in a new flower bed and this year I added to our big flower bed that had been neglected for many, many seasons. I went all out and planted Ice King daffodils, Absolute Treasure Bearded Irises, Exotic Emperor semi-double tulips, Cartouche double tulips, Blue Wow double tulips, Aveyron double tulips, Sugar Bird Crispa tulips, Ambassador Alliums and Eros Alliums (all purchased from Veseys in P.E.I. as I'm in Quebec). I started rejuvenating this bed back in May, cutting back a rose bush that my belonged to my great-grandmother that was taking over the entire area, pulling out some dead plants and a few small trees that popped up on their own. We planted more than 20 perennials, I added a stone border around the bed and some mulch. Unfortunately we didn't get around to putting in the irrigation system that we purchased, however we will do that next season. Gardening really helped me deal with the stress that Covid has caused both at work and at home and I am truly grateful and blessed to have been able to work in the garden with my dad this year.

I feel the same way - the weather in fall is not quite welcoming, it´s often rainy and cold... but I love spring so much and I know I will be glad for the job I do in autumn. Nobody can ever say: oh gosh, there´s too much spring colour, right? This fall I´m planting another batch of the earliest blooming daffodils - Rijnveld Early Sensation, and Diversity - the orchid type of daff. And plenty of other bulbs... 😊

I was fortunate enough to get a bunch of muscari from Walmart in the spring and enjoyed them in bloom when I planted them on the south side of the house. Hopefully they will survive the winter so I can enjoy them again next spring. I agree with you, winter is too long. Love to see spring bulb flowers emerge. I definitely need more of it in my garden.

Just put in my first order and dropped your name. So excited and tired but you convinced me. Winter is long! Love your videos and thank you from Michigan!

Love your idea of concentrated planting for color and time. It certainly fits this new garden. I am a long time gardener. but I learn something new or different from each video.

Odin is perfection.

Deer are the actual worst!!! Love all your deer resistance tips and I can’t wait to see these bloom soon!

Your yard is going to be gorgeous when they take off. I planted 15 poppies bulbs for the first time. It was fun. My boys helped with a bulb auger. Cannot wait for it to pop through next season

My son dug the holes and I planted over 1000 bulbs this past weekend in what is a relatively small city flower garden. Narcissus, tulips, hyacinth are the main attraction. However, I also planted anemone- Grecian windflower and Byzantine gladiolus both of which I have never tried. I am with you, I have never regretted planting bulbs when spring arrives they are a sign of hope for warmer days!

I'm new to your channel and I was introduced by Laura at garden answers. I love bulbs and I love your dog!!!

I love the look and smell of Thalia daffodils, so those are featuring with some flower record crocus in terra cotta pots around my front porch. I'll keep them protected over the winter (zone 7b) and look forward to the display in Feb/March next year. My sister and brother's families live very near you, so I love seeing your garden over the year and imagining what they're discovering.

I bought so many bulbs and almost opted out due to ..... yes, the energy or lack thereof. Inspired me to get my butt moving. Thanks!

I can't wait until spring to see how it looks.

I LOVE BULBS! Bulbs, bulbs and more bulbs ...that's what I say! Can't have enough bulbs!! This year I am planting 125 mixed Daffodils...should be AWESOME! And I planted Giant Hyacinths for the first time..Can't wait for their smell ofcourse! And I love the "K" Alliums too...they are huge and come out later than other Alliums! Can't wait to see your show in the spring Erin...keep up the good work!☺

First time this year that I am trying bulbs and I planted the same ones and in the same style you did. I can't wait to see the end results 🇨🇦🌻

Your soil is beautiful, I’m envious 💚🙃

In addition to multi-stemmed (multi-head?) daffodils and new varieties of allium I’ve also added bluebells, giant snowdrop, and just ordered 4 varieties of Fritillaria and I’m also trying out Camassias. I’m hoping they all hold true to the deer resistant claims, and I’m SO EXCITED to see them in the spring 🌱

Wow Erin thank you for this video. I’ve always used the early/mid/late method for bulbs, but you gave me an aha moment. Love your approach to gardening.

I ordered bulbs from Longfield gardens, too! I got the Flirty Fleurs Bellissima Collection of daffodils, some fancy tulips (which are in my extra refrigerator), some Scilla, snowdrops, Frittilaria, and crocus. I am waiting until it is cooler than the 80's to plant... (Zone 7b)🤣😂 The tulips will probably be a one year deal for me, so I am trying a few to see how they do. Daffodils do great here and I am the most excited about them!

we planted 🌷 tulips. I planted them for the first time last fall and we along with everyone else around enjoyed them so much!! The flaming parrot was the big favorite. My favorite was the Vincent Van Gogh one that is a dark dark purple. can't wait to see the show this spring. We planted daffodils too. Apricot Whirl Sunny Girlfriend Tulips: Tulip Akebono Banja Luka Vincent Van Gogh Orange Emperor Rainbow Parrot

I will be planting about 300 bulbs this year and for the very first time. I’m in zone 7b. I bought a spring collection which some Darwin tulip hybrid mix, moly alliums, drumstick alliums, Persian blue alliums, crocus firefly, de Caen anemones, Tete-a-Tete daffodils, Dutch iris mix, sparaxis mix, and a separate bag of nigrum allium, antropurpureum allium. Wish me luck!😀

Great idea. I just bought a ton of bulbs! Now I can develop a better plan! Thanks...

I am planting this fall...a bunch of tulips, some alliums, peony, frittitlia, tulips that bloom like peonies & ranunculus!!! So excited I got reintroduced to gardening thanks to COVID-19

I’m new to your channel from Garden Answer. I saw in your thumbnail that you have a Newfie. I had one a male Newfie until he passed away at the age of 12 in 2012. I miss him a lot.

Thanks for the video. I like early blooming bulbs as well, like you I’m ready to move on when my perennials start coming back. Looking forward to seeing your bulbs this coming spring. Your dog is gorgeous!

If it wasn’t a cold rain today, I would be outside planting my bulbs too.

Planting my bulbs today after work! Marike Daffodils(yellow) , Smooch Tulips(pink), & Carnegie Hyacinths (white)! All from Colorblends.

Can't wait to see it next Spring. 🌹🌺💐 I will plant Hyacinths and Tulips and I live in TX zone 8a. Playing it by ear to see how well they do

Yes, I NEED the color by spring! I'm planting blubs in my rose garden and in pots this year for the first time. We dont quite have 100 blubs. I've never done it before so I thing this is a good number to start with. I like the flag idea for organizing in larger areas- I may utilize that in the future! Dana T.

Thanks for the great video Erin! Love the idea of using flags. I couldn’t find my flat popsicle sticks, but used small wooden dowels I had in my craft box. I’m in a Chicago suburb (zone 5) and just finished planting my 975 bulbs of daffodils, tulips, hyacinths, snakes heads, snowflakes, trout lilies, alliums and tommies! This was a first for me planting so many bulbs and hope they do well. Can’t wait to see yours next spring too!💛💜💚

I planted 300 tulips last year. The show was so amazing that it gave me the motivation to plant 300 more this year! Hate planting them but so happy when spring comes!

Along with a few tulips, (I have deer problems also) I planted Snowdrops, crocus, hyacinth and in the lawn, squill and glory of the snow! Can’t wait to see if they all come up!

I'm a relatively new gardener, but this year I've been pretty ambitious. I must have gone back to Color Blends and Easy To Grow Bulbs about 10 times to buy more bulbs. I think it has been a coping mechanism. I bought about a dozen Amarylis to get me through the winter, about 400 tulips, 300 daffodils, 200 Snowdrops, 100+ Hyacinths, 100 Snowflakes, 100 Snakeheads, 30 Allium Ambassadors, 25 Trout Lillies, some Alliums, Fritalarias, Erythorniums, and Crocus. I'm in Oklahoma, zone 7a. These bulbs help me believe in a better future! I hope yours all come up and look great!

I was shocked by the sudden appearance of what I thought was a bear at 11:03. Ha! Thanks for the video. I had forgotten about Grecian Windflowers! I will buy some! Thanks for sharing. Subscribed!

I was thrilled to see you on Garden Answer!

Like the 'lil orange flags' Erin. I too live in deer alley. Literally, they sleep in my alley! And 'poop' in my yard. So I also decided to plant daffodils, 50 of them to be exact in a small bed attached to my house. I live on 90 feet x 125 feet. I used to have 10 acres in the country and miss it very much. I used to plant tulips but it got too frustrating keeping the rabbits and deer out, now I'm eager for the new ones all in shades of 'white'.Daffodils, hyacinths, snow drops, muscari. Love the music!!!

Great video! This year I gave our backyard a makeover and now I have a lot more flower beds to fill. We lived here for 16 years, and I never got into planting too many bulbs. It all changed this year, I put in a mix of tulips, also planted some alliums for the first time. We have a lot of shaded areas, so I planted more Fritillaria Meleagris, pretty little checkered flowers. I already had some of those and always loved them. The bulbs are tiny and easy to plant. Still, my back really hurts!

So far today, we’ve gotten about 6’ of snow in eastern WA state. Hoping it will warm up a bit so I can get my bulbs planted. I’m remembering that you said bulbs can be planted as long as the ground is workable. Thanks for that info!

Oh my goodness that dog is so so cute.

I do hope you show you planting more of your bulbs. We have some in the refrigerator now and more on the way. New gardeners and loving it. Between you and Laura who wouldn't want to garden. Can't wait for your next video! Thanks for sharing as always!

Daffodil are my top fave bulb I like the muscari too, it's a early food that my honeybees love. Sounds like a good plan, I've always been less organized with it. lol

planting daffodils, allium, tulips, and dutch iris. thanks for the grouping idea. I is going to be helpful in planting this new garden area I am making this fall.

This will look so sweet!! Can't wait for spring, yes already 😅 I'll definitely be planting some bulbs again this autumn, but I'll be refridgerating the tulips and daffodils, hoping for better germination and I'll be planting all of the bulbs in small pots, rather than co-potting them with other plants, so I can control the (non) watering in the summer. Have a wonderful day!! 😊

Oh my goodness your dog is SOOO cute!

Luv to see you planting bulbs! My first bulb order will arrive next week... 440 total, a mix of crocus, hyacinth, daffodils, tulips and allium.

In our new woodland spaces we underplanted hostas with 'Thalia' daffodils and summer snowflake --- relying instead on spring ephemerals including bloodroot, twinleaf and trout lilies under deciduous trees for early spring bloom.

I recommend Spanish bluebells. I grow blue and white varieties. They bloom later in the spring and naturally very nicely in my woodland garden. I highly recommend them

Thanks for the information. I just planted Narcissus and Tulips. I still have to plant the alliums and then I am all set. BTW, best part of your video is the adorable doggo

901 bulbs are now ensconced in my garden paths and various places here on our small acreage in North Idaho zone 6a. Tulips, daffs, crocus, muscari, lilies and - for the first time - fritillaria...although only a few of the latter as they were pretty pricey. Loving your channel!

Love your plan and your Newfie is a sweetie my niece has one Jub I love him

Putting in a few more daffodils this year. Love Scilla. Deep blue.

Your neighbor here in Illinois zone 5, rabbits have deterred me from tulips but last few years I decided to plant bulbs here and there. I just planted over 200 tulips and about 50 daffodils. I already have some allium so just added a few giant ones to my side bed. I really hope they don't discover them. 🤞

Perfect timing! I have bags of bulbs here ready to go in the ground. I never thought about using flags for planting. I think I've kind of figured out your garden design. Seems like you like more structured plantings closer to your house and more woodland the further out you go from there. At least that's the way it seems to me. It's beautiful. I wish I could recreate that in my space.

Enjoy seeing the new garden taking shape. I am also planting Muscari 👍❤😃

I planted some bulbs from Home Depot, tulips, daffodils and crocuses. Did my planting about 3 weeks ago and now we have a couple of inches of snow. Sleep well my bulbs.

Today was suppose to be a garden clean up and we have rain happening. As a rule I always plant some bulbs, sorry tulips my favourites ( no deer issues) but haven’t gone to get them yet. Look forward to seeing yours in the spring. 👍❤️😊

Muscari and Spanish bluebells have become weeds in my garden. They’re everywhere and I dig buckets out all the time. Adding more specialty daffodils and bought some crown imperials to try.

Great bulb plan, Erin! Im in zone 6. Today Im planting tulips and alliums in pinkish/purple hues. I use a paper towel to mark the spots Im going to plant in, then just drop the paper towel into the hole with the bulbs! It'll compost up nicely! Got some Negrita, Claudia, Queen of Night and Angelique tulips, and Purple Sensation allium! Then I plan on dividing and transplanting to the same area, some of the Grape Hyacinth I already have to bring a nice contrast and pop to the tulips and alliums. I already have other groupings of various daffodils planted there! The bed Im planting these in is a 10x40 foot strip on a front street, so Im hoping it will bring that "Hallelujah, Winter is finally over" message to everyone passing by in the Spring!!!!!!!!!!! Love your videos!

I planted some Jetfire a couple weeks ago! We deal with lots of squirrels and rabbits here so daffodils are my go to bulb 🙂 This year's bulb planting focused on early flowers... so I also have Tete a Tete and Early Sensation daffodils!

What good puppies!!!!

Love it! This will be so pretty in the spring! It IS hard to muster the energy to plant bulbs in the fall sometimes! I didn't buy any this year, but transplanted a bunch of daffodils bulbs that needed thinning from one area to the front of my property. I did little clusters around my burning bushes, which have been getting munched on by voles in winter. I'm hoping maybe it will deter them a little, but they'll probably just go around them... ur! I love the intent and thought you put into placement and timing of flowering... something that's hard for me to do sometimes! Makes a lot of sense... I get what you mean, being a zone 4 gardener myself... I would rather see them all at once too. Can't wait to see them in spring! =)

Great video. Love pre-thinking your garden. I try that each year. I am planting quite a lot bulbs this year. More tulips, hyacinth, and more. About 1500 bulbs this year. Your dog has the look like, come on Mom, I'm bored and cold. Beautiful!

Thanks for the encouragement! Was dreading the task, but feel inspired by you!!

I have always planted bulbs every year. I really like the ones the deer don't eat.

I'll be spending my weekend planting two big bags of tulips from color blends. They're supposed to be some show stopping blends for what is a very front and center part of my garden. Here's hoping for a colorful spring!

Great one, Erin! Love that idea of using the flags to plan. Spacially, it would really be a help. I agree with you about mascari. Picked them each year along with snowdrops for May Day baskets. I'm planting more aliums this year, because...🦌! Thanks again for awesome ideas and charts. Very helpful.

I will be planting soft pink muscari this fall. So excited!

Mostly daffodils because, like you, we have an all-night deer buffet here in Central Virginia! Squirrels are really mean to the orange crocuses that make my heart go pitter-pat, so I'm not replacing those. I will be putting in some Tulips around our new house addition for color. I've had no luck with anemones, so I hope you do.

I'm adding more daffodils, grape hyacinths, grecian windflowers, and trying some more tulips, even though I never get them when I plant them. This year I'm putting my tulips in the fridge for a few weeks and surrounding them with chicken wire. Always hopeful. Here in the south we don't usually get enough cold and I'm having a chipmunk invasion. I'm going to wait till you plant your anemones and watch before I plant mine.

Love all your bulb choices.

I love your background, look nice with those big trees. I don't have any bulbs in the garden and love to have some, so i start to buy some dahlias bulbs, hopefully they will give me some flowers in the future season.

Can't wait to see this show!

I like the plan to plant several bulbs in an area. Thanks for the info on deer resistant bulbs. I really like the mix you are trying. I would like to try more white bulbs.

I love your dog/s.

That’s going to be beautiful. Can’t wait. Tfs. 👏🏻💕👏🏻

I planted a lot of daffodils, hyacinth and fritillaria. Some alliums and tulips. I have been adding more squirrel resistant bulbs over the years because they always devour my crocus and a lot my tulips.

I had huge swaths of Muscari but the voles ate them up. I loved how they had naturalized and it was such a bright spot in Spring, they didn't mind the snow we get either. I am planting a lot of tulips this year but will keep them in containers as the voles wiped out my perennial tulips I had as well. I had my entire garden lined with a two foot deep line of red perennial tulips that came back every year and it was gorgeous. They have left all the daffodils alone and that is what I shall plant in the ground but everything else will be in containers. Your plant looks fantastic, what a fine Spring you will have.

You inspired me to run to Earl May tomorrow

Outside of my fenced garden the deer pressure is very high. I live in a small city on a busy street but nothing intimidates these deer. So I planted a row about 16" wide from sidewalk to fence and over 70 ft. long. There is a nursery school nearby and the kids always walk past on their way to the river. Near mother's day I come out and tell the class as they are walking back to school that they may each pick one to take to someone for mother's day, or just to keep for themselves. The kids get so excited, and I have so very many that there is no real evidence of their depredations. The bulbs have gotten very crowded the last two years and so I am transplanting them to a four foot wide strip running the same 70 ft. surrounded with grass in the space between the street and sidewalk. We have low powerlines on our side of the street so we just planted a row of short white crabapples within the daffodil strip. This summer I will have grown many flats of white daisy zinnias to plant as babies among the daffodils. There is an awkward period when the bulb foliage is not fully spent, but the annuals rise up and create a new carpet of bloom over the daffodils for bloom until frost. I receive so many encouraging comments and thanks from people walking to the river trail or biking by. It is really a lot of fun work for me.

I added blood meal to my soil when I planted some bulbs, so far the squirrels haven’t dug up my bulbs like they usually do. I’m planting allium, daffy, anemones too. Also tulips & crocus but those are in galvanized pots. Going to keep Those in our unheated attached garage. Karin, Cleveland,Oh

Erin! You have not disappointed this last week and a half with the number of your video posts which makes me happy, happy, happy. Cannot wait to see the results of your ‘back-breaking’ hard work next spring. I have never had great luck with bulbs but do love to view the success of others. Odin is adorable and looks like an amazing gardening partner.

I love muscari too!! Love your planting layout. I always gravitate to pink and white tulips. This year I’m planting Parrot Magic tulips and Allium Persian Blue.