| To discourage voles or gophers, add a handful of sharp gravel to the planting hole or plant bulbs in wire or fabric baskets. |
| If gophers, squirrels or other animal pests are common in your area, planting tasty bulbs, such as lilies, in open soil is a waste of time. |
| For naturalistic plantings, lay bulbs out in informal masses with curved borders and asymmetrical shapes. |
| Many people bend them over and slip a rubber band over them, or in the case of bulbs like Daffodils tie them with one of the long leaves. |
| Compact fluorescent light bulbs are available at your local lighting store, many hardware and home supply stores. |
| Flowering bulbs such as hyacinths, daffodils, crocuses, and tulips, along with hellebores, lungworts, and heathers carpet the ground beneath. |
