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t will soon be midsummer and we are left with the aftermath of spring bulb displays. I deadheaded the tulips and daffodils a while back to ensure that the food made by the plants’ foliage heads underground to swell next year’s bulbs. And there’s the rub. We need that to happen, but those leaves can look messy as they slowly die back. My answer is to plant the hardy ‘Rozanne’ in front of and among the bulb colonies. It’s later flowering than other varieties and thrives in sun or light shade. When it comes back stronger the year after planting, it weaves through the fading bulbs without blocking too much light.

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