most of the fall planting is done

i finally got a warm, dry few days last week, and put in most of my bulbs, starting with the ones that go deep down. and since i was too busy this year to get any overhead shots of replanted garden, that meant digging up more of it.

as usual, this was good and bad: parts of it hadn't been replanted, and one spot near the back had been previously filled by an ex-bush. but it took far too long.

but! most of the deep stuff is in: naturalizing asiatic lilies, some large allium, and daffodils. there's still more of the lilies and daffodils to do, but i'll do that with a bulb planter, since there's not many of each left.

and tons of shallower bulbs: white muscari, little allium (a big mixed bag), crocuses, and five different kinds of species tulips. we've never been big on the common tulips, but the species ones are eye-catching and unusual.

one random supermarket around here had a large collection of summer-flowering instant-garden kits that they'd apparently forgotten to put out in the spring, and they were marked down to next to nothing. the bulbs were little more than dry husks. but the price was right, and since i had to rip up the garden anyway, i got a kit containing some white liatris, which is relatively pricey, and i wanted more of it for that bed anyway. based on my experience with past forgotten bulbs, i'll get enough flowers coming up to have made the effort worthwhile.