With 3-4 weeks to go before it's safe to plant them, I might have to upgrade some to larger pots, but I think I've done a decent job of keeping them from getting too "leggy". Although they did get knocked over & tangled a bit in the wind outside this past weekend.

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There's also dark-blue Siberian squill (which only get a couple small flowers per plant) and multi-coloured, star-shaped glory-of-the-snow (which are always a couple weeks later, despite their name), but I like the big clusters with the striped flowers best.

(Sadly, none would past the test for your native-plants-only garden. The Siberian squill are so good at naturalizing in people's lawns that they're apparently becoming invasive in southern Ontario. I don't think they're regulated yet, but maybe that's one reason the bulbs are hard to find. Or maybe they just don't grow as well in the Netherlands, where most spring-flowering bulbs are commercially grown?)

I still need to clean up the front-yard veggie patch, get some more peas in, carrot & kale seeds, as well as the onion & broccoli transplants I have waiting on the porch.

And as I mentioned elsewhere, I have tomato transplants waiting. Lots of tomatoes. More than I have room for really. I was planting old seed & did so generously thinking they wouldn't all sprout, but they did! If any local mutuals are interested in a 6-pack, let me know. They're all from saved seeds selected for early harvest, separated into plum vs round/beefy, but beyond that no guarantees on what you'll get.

I could also part with one 6-pack of coleus & begonias if you need some colour for shady garden or planters (those are also not at all frost hardy).

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