Satiety

All of a sudden, the garden seems full. My strategy all along has just been to buy interesting plants, stick them in somewhere, and see how they did -- and how I liked them. "Design" was something that would work itself out eventually (much to my long-suffering wife's chagrin).

Well, the first of the fall bulbs arrived today, and they (mostly) have to go into the bulb bed -- which you may be able to discern under the California fucshia to the right -- and I'm pretty much out of room.

Sure, I can stick a few more things in a few more borders, particularly if I ever tackle that thuggish pelargonium, but the die is cast. Now I have to start moving things around.

The bulbs:

• Calochortus simulans*
• Calochortus umbellatus
• Corydalis solida 'G. P. Baker'*
• Colchicum cilicicum 'Glory of Heemstede'*
• Crocus cartwrightianus
• Crocus gargaricus
• Crocus pulchellus 'Zephyr'
• Crocus sativus 'Cashmerianus'
• Cyrtanthus elatus x montanus
• Fritillaria affinis 'Wayne Roderick'
• Fritillaria purdyi striata*
• Gladiolus debilis
• Lachenalia aloides var. quadricolor
• Lachenalia liliflora
• Nerine sarniensis var. corusca major
• Tulipa clusiana

* D'oh! Just because you order 'em, doesn't mean you get 'em.