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"Cereus-validus." wrote in message
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Yeah, except many of the ones that produce their foliage in the autumn
tend
to be rapid spreaders and weedy!!!

Its more likely its a strategy to dominate all the others in the immediate
area by getting a very early head start.

You are right that many gardeners tend to over plant and they need a not
so
subtle reminder when to stop.

well in MY case, I need a not so subtle reminder to not over plant. It's
too easy to do, forgetting that crowding just dimishes the flowers after the
first year, and really over crowding kills bulbs that are packed too tightly
together. (like in those containers they picture in Dutch Gardens catalog
books, layering bulbs like narcissus, with smaller above those and even
smaller above THOSE.......the containers look fine the first year, but
unless you tip out those bulbs afterwards of blooming, and individually
plant those bulbs, you might as well trash the whole container as the
crowding affects the life of the bulbs. I found this out the most painful
hard way.

I planted a whole area of layered bulbs, which worked the first two years
but since these were planted in an area in the ground (I actually raised the
bed up two foot to do this) I never thought about the consequences.
Needless to say, $300 worth of really cool and diverse bulbs have killed off
each other and only a sparce few alliums remain of all of them. Not even the
iron clad narcissus remained after the second year..........just goes to
show ya, that even madgardener can screw up! gbseg