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From: Steven Clift Date: May 11 19:18 UTC Short link

Now that we've passionately unleashed on Lake Hiawatha, I'd like to take a dip
in another topic.

Is our neighborhood more of a tulip or daffidoils neighborhood?

Here is the idea. Find a bulk provider of hardy bulbs this fall. Get 100 or
more neighbors to agree to buy a dozen at a normal price and donate the extra
dozen to planting in public spaces around the neighborhood. So 100 participants
would get us 1200 bulbs to "share."

So if we become the most bulbulious neighborhood in town, what flower says who
we are?

Also, can we actually donate bulbs or plant them say around park signs at Lake
Hiawatha or naturalize a cluster or three along the light rail, etc.? Or would
distribution need to more of a night-time affair? ;-)

Steven Clift

From: Nathan Lind Date: May 12 02:13 UTC Short link

Great idea Steven.  I think tulips.  I'll buy in.
Thanks,
Nathan

From: Jeffrey Swainhart Date: May 12 02:19 UTC Short link

Daffodils, count me in...

From: Karen Newell Date: May 12 11:27 UTC Short link

Daffodils!  We're in.

Also, can we get our cameras out and take a new, GREEN picture of the SE sign
for our front page?  The winter is gone, and I'd love to see a spring shot of
the sign to share with the world.  I'm sure Steve would
welcome some choices from us....  just an idea.

Karen Newell

From: Laura Hansen Date: May 12 15:36 UTC Short link

Eithor or, I like 'em both. Count me in.

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Daffodils, count me in...

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Subject: [Mpls-StanEric] Tulips or daffidoils. What are we?


Now that we've passionately unleashed on Lake Hiawatha, I'd like to take a
dip in another topic.

Is our neighborhood more of a tulip or daffidoils neighborhood?

Here is the idea. Find a bulk provider of hardy bulbs this fall. Get 100 or
more neighbors to agree to buy a dozen at a normal price and donate the
extra dozen to planting in public spaces around the neighborhood. So 100
participants would get us 1200 bulbs to "share."

So if we become the most bulbulious neighborhood in town, what flower says
who we are?

Also, can we actually donate bulbs or plant them say around park signs at
Lake Hiawatha or naturalize a cluster or three along the light rail, etc.?
Or would distribution need to more of a night-time affair? ;-)

Steven Clift





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From: Andrew Zimmer Date: May 13 22:15 UTC Short link

We are in but how about something completely different.  When I was a kid in
Bloomington, MN we had Siberian Squill,
http://www.hort.wisc.edu/mastergardener/Features/bulbs/scilla%20siberica/scilla%20sibirica.htm,
in the grass in the front yard.  They smell like purple candy but they only
bloom for a week or so first thing in the spring.  I moved some Siberian Squill
to our backyard here where they have bloomed and lost their petals before our
daffodils and tulips started flowering.

The US Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center has some information about
bulbs for our region,
http://www.bulb.com/templates/dispatcher.asp?page_id=northerncentral.  A bunch
of Alliums would be pretty cool.




-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Swainhart [mailto:<email obscured>]
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:19 PM
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Subject: Re: [Mpls-StanEric] Tulips or daffidoils. What are we?

Daffodils, count me in...

-----Original Message-----
From: <email obscured> [mailto:<email obscured>]
Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 10:16 AM
To: <email obscured>
Subject: [Mpls-StanEric] Tulips or daffidoils. What are we?


Now that we've passionately unleashed on Lake Hiawatha, I'd like to take a
dip in another topic.

Is our neighborhood more of a tulip or daffidoils neighborhood?

Here is the idea. Find a bulk provider of hardy bulbs this fall. Get 100 or
more neighbors to agree to buy a dozen at a normal price and donate the
extra dozen to planting in public spaces around the neighborhood. So 100
participants would get us 1200 bulbs to "share."

So if we become the most bulbulious neighborhood in town, what flower says
who we are?

Also, can we actually donate bulbs or plant them say around park signs at
Lake Hiawatha or naturalize a cluster or three along the light rail, etc.?
Or would distribution need to more of a night-time affair? ;-)

Steven Clift





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Ericsson, Minneapolis
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From: Joshua Moberg Date: May 14 16:32 UTC Short link

I prefer the daffodils, though I like the tulips and squill, too.  I believe
daffodils tend to bloom earlier and propagate more readily than tulips.  If we
plant the bulbs in areas where the city mows the grass, later bulbs might not
complete their blooming cycle before the first mowing.  Whatever flower is
chosen, I'm happy to help make this idea happen-- thanks for suggesting it,
Steven.

Josh Moberg

From: Sean McNiff Date: May 21 06:45 UTC Short link

Andrew:

Any recomendations on where to get squill?

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