And she's convinced that the bulbs planted farther down bloom for more consecutive years.

The bulbs planted this fall are ready to bloom next spring.

In typical flower-show zaniness, a thatched windmill will spin among a sea of 50,000 Dutch tulips, hyacinths and daffodils (each bulb planted in its own pot!)

(The exception is some large plantings, where the tulips are pulled up, bulb and all, so that a replacement display can be set in and new bulbs planted in the fall.)

This sort of wondering is especially true when bulbs planted several years ago persist on appearing, as bulbs do.