For an informal look, plant in groups in natural swathes or bouquets. Flower bulbs are inexpensive and very easy to grow. Planting them in a lightly shaded area will keep them cool and prolong blooming.
There are many varieties to pick and choose from, but you don't know how to start. In USDA zones 8-10, refrigerate the bulbs for no less than eight weeks. Flower bulbs are inexpensive and very easy to grow.
The most common glory of the snow bulbs produce blue flowers, but they also come in white and pink cultivars.Flowers finish blooming by mid to late spring but the bright foliage persists until early fall.
We dug these bulbs up in the garden of an abandoned villa last fall. I've got a few big black tomato seedlings in the coldframe too. I got those for free from a friend, so of course, those will have to find a niche somewhere in the garden as well.
The dainty forget-me-not, or Myosotis, has sky-blue flowers set with a yellow eye. You can keep that blue going all season long with the foliage of certain hostas and perennial grasses.
The old ones are supposed to be burned, not thrown away. I myself have sealed a surprise gift, a cute watch, inside a paper mache egg for my wife, and I have chocolate eggs for my other relatives.
In general though, allow spring bulb leaves to complete their life cycle naturally for best bulb health.Cutting pods off of spring bulbs is a choice depending on the bulb in question and the kind of planting in which it's used.
