It’s the middle of May, there has been ample rain, and so everything around your garden probably looks great about now.  But what about later on in the season?  And, what about the early spring when perennials are still green nubs and deciduous shrubs are bare?  That’s when flowering bulbs can make all the difference between a perennial border that draws compliments in May and June, and one that delights the eye from April through September.

Visit Elm Bank, home of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, where Brent Heath of Brent & Becky’s Bulbs, a world-renowned expert on bulbs, will explain how to most effectively incorporate bulbs into a mixed border. His program will include examples, using slides, of various approaches to this type of garden composition.  $10 members, $15 general admission. You may register on line and get directions by logging in to www.masshort.org.

This Wednesday evening at 6 p.m., Mass Hort is pleased to welcome Brent Heath, co-owner of Virginia-based Brent and Becky’s Bulbs.  Brent is a world-renowned expert on bulbs, and he’ll explain how to most effectively incorporate spring- and summer-flowering bulbs into a mixed border.

Brent’s program will include examples, using slides, of various approaches to this type of garden composition.  He’ll bring designs that offer color for spring and summer, showing how even modest investments can return years of bright, long-lasting blooms.  He’ll answer questions and offer hands-on advice on caring for and maintaining mixed borders.

If you were on the Greenway from mid-April through early May, you had the opportunity to see a spectacular canvas for Brent and Becky’s Bulbs.  They were extremely generous in donating approximately ten thousand daffodil bulbs that brought a blaze of color to the Greenway Gardens.