Bulbs to Move

Now that we are through the peak of the early spring bulbs, I am thinking about which ones I will dig up to move with us to Springfield, MO.

At the top of my list are the miniature daffodils. They were purchased by my mother-in-law when she moved in with us the year before she died. I’ll move them again since they remind me of her every spring when they bloom….part of her legacy. We moved them from our previous house. The multiply very easily. I am also confident that they would do well in Springfield.

Will I dig up the day lily bulbs that she bought as well? Maybe. Right now, they rarely get a chance to bloom since the deer eat both the leaves and the buds. If our new house in Springfield has a fenced yard…not on a deer trail into the neighborhood…I will probably take a few. They too proliferate well.

I have some iris that come up every spring – not in the numbers we had originally…from my parents. They dug them from their garden in Texas to bring to Maryland shortly after we moved to our current house. In recent years, moles have disturbed their growth. If there is a space in the Springfield house to start an iris bed…I’ll dig up a few rhizomes…or maybe I would be better off getting some from the various family yards in Texas after we move.

I’m already looking forward to establishing a new yard with a little history from our current one!