Every garden turns up with a spot that needs a little TLC, tender-loving care, once in a while. What to do!

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Did you replant a bed or border and it looks a little thin yet? Is there a hole where an old friend succumbed to winter kill? Want something for the cutting garden? Need a plant to add a different shape and form to a planting?

The answer could be to use bulbs.

Bringing geraniums into the house or greenhouse in the Fall, means dollars in your pocket. And even after the cold weather in mid October, some geraniums may still be saved.

The gardener can choose whether to bring in parent plants or to just take cuttings. If you choose to take in the parent plants, you can still take cuttings as well.

While many of the spring blooming bulbs come in colors of blue, yellow and white, tulips come in every color and gradation as the mind can imagine.

Tulips dazzle the eye but may frustrate you if you are unaware of their finicky ways.