I haven’t done it but there’s no reason you can’t. I would wait until after the growing season and do it when they are dormant. That would be the least disruptive to them.
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Agree with this for the tulips.
This morning I planted peas, radish, beets, carrots and green onions. All by seed so we will see what actually takes. I get free seed from my community garden so why not. If I’m a month they aren’t looking promising I’ll
Pull and just put my regular plants in!
This afternoon I’m pulling out all my flower/plant pots and stands and hopefully starting the process of dumping the dirt, adding in new soil, washing the pots and spray paining any stands that need a refresh. A few weeks away from flower planting here but it’s 80 and breezy so getting a head start
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I have 2 Barbados cherry trees and they are covered in flowers right now. In a month, there will be ripe fruit to eat!
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Jealous! 
The only thing I have going outside is some variety radishes. And they are not doing that great. My tomatoes got a late start, but in my neck of the woods, tomatoes can’t really go in the dirt until late May.
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The largish tomato plant that my hubby got for me at Costco seems to have turned the corner. Hard for me to complain when he brought it home, so proud that he was able to snag the last one on the floor for me, when what I am really thinking is: yeah, there is a reason that one is still on the sales floor. I had to replant it right away because it looked like it was doing so poorly in the too small container, and then we promptly had another cold spell (after having 80 degree weather the previous week), along with a week of much needed rainstorms. Hubby thought it was overkill that I put up our patio umbrella to protect it from the rain, but it seems to have worked.
On the other hand, none of the 3 packages of poppy seeds I have strewn on our hillside have taken. All the seedlings that sprouted are all gone. Wondering if they were eaten by something. Is that a thing? Ironic that they grow everywhere on the street and public land but I can’t get any to grow in my yard.
The nasturtium and sweet peas seeds I planted in pots are all growing nicely, but not the hollyhocks. The ones I planted in the ground don’t seem to be growing much - our soil is clay and I guess I didn’t do enough to prep it. I’ll probably stick to pots, as I don’t have the energy or time to fix the soil issue.
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I shouldn’t be surprised but WOW the prices for plants this year!!! It’s just getting - and actually still a bit early - for plants here in Ohio. But decided to get the two ferns I need today. I went to our local produce/plant store where I often get them. Nice and full usually, prices have been $14.99-16.99 the last few years. I picked two - they look BEAUTIFUL! Didn’t note any price marked on them, no signage. Went up to the register……$24.99!!! Yikes! I was ticked off that they did not have any markings because by the time I get to the register I have taken the time to pick my plants! The young cash register lady said, “well, you could just get one…” NO GIRL, I NEED TWO! I bought them anyway.
Went over and did a quick cruise through the herbs. Usually at this place they are .99 each or $1.29. This year, 4 for $10!
Gonna have to pair down my oodles of plants I usually get or we will have to starve!
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Spectacular!!!
Interesting feedback about plant prices. Perhaps it is good I have oodles of geraniums inside.
These are plants and propagations from my mother’s windowsill 2 years ago (but probably propogated from plants in from my yard years before that). There are a few more under a grow light in the den and also one outside in the ground - it might not survive but thought I’d try. I made up the two big white planters today, with purple alyssum (they were a good deal, $3 for BOGO packs)
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I spy some yellow fungus gnat catchers!
Those geraniums look healthy!
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YES! Those gnat catchers did the trick. I keep them there but don’t think there are many new catches. The plants look a lot better than a few months ago, possibly helped by a few Miracle Grow watering.
I do take a lot of cuttings, some rooted first in water (with a bit of potassium permanganate) and others dipped in rooting powder and stuck directly into the soil. So lots of new growth.
This photo shows a jumbo flower from last week.
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Nice!
I keep my gnat catchers, too - they are like good luck charms. Lol.
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I started to grow from seeds a lot of flowers I normally buy at the nursery like foxgloves, a 5-gallon plants is $30, mine are much bigger than the nursery, and I just threw the seeds down, I really didn’t do much. The only plants I buy are under $10, like delphinium plants, and maybe some marigolds(less than $5) to deter tomato hornworms.
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I am now the proud parent of a guava flower. It took 3 yr from when we planted the tree to it finally flowering! Helps when I remember to fertilize it and water it enough. Haha!
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Sooo pretty! What an accomplishment!
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The weather here all of a sudden went from cold and wet to hot and dry. I’m trying like mad to get some flowers planted, weed, get some vegetables planted, etc. Hoping by the end of the weekend I’ll have made some good progress.
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Still cold here in the PNW. My tomatoes are in the survival mode. But I finally saw a couple of radishes that will be ready for picking soon! This April was the coldest April on the record here. I think this May will be, too.
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Right now, I’m slightly jealous of cold weather. On Sunday here at our house in AZ, it’s supposed to get up to 108. This is the time of year that I always whine and say, “I’M NOT READY!” 
