11.   No matter what kinds of spring bulbs you want to have blooming in your garden, order them now for planting in October.

12.   Plenty of outdoor plants can thrive indoors, from exotic vines and winnowy grasses to spring bulbs and colorful annuals.

13.   Possible flowers include most spring bulbs and woodland dwellers like jack-in-the-pulpit, sweet woodruff and cranesbill.

14.   Pulling a cart through a nursery, Mervau packed in pansies, snapdragons and mums, and several varieties of spring bulbs, as well as irises.

15.   Spring bulbs are almost completely weatherproof, so a cold snap will only slow them down, not damage them.

16.   Spring bulbs persist, but lilies withhold their blooms when the shade embraces them.

17.   Start planting tulips and continue planting other spring bulbs.

18.   The other came at the ill-fated end of that series, when Los Angeles Raiders linebacker Aaron Wallace sprinted around Lincoln Kennedy and planted George like a spring bulb.

19.   The recent weeks of mild weather have also accelerated the timetable of a number of early spring bulbs, which are now sending forth green shoots.

20.   There are gargantuan topiary depictions of dinosaurs, or landscapes fashioned from rhododendrons, spring bulbs, Easter lilies and golden chrysanthemums.