I don't think there's anything to be worried about. Mine are at the same stage. The freesias will probably bloom in the fall, with the grape hyacinth and ranunculus blooming in the spring. Grape hyacinths are fun because they start growing so early, which means you have some nice foliage when lots of other plants are dormant in winter.

Bluekiln you have two different plants there. The one on the left is a Campanula sp. the one on the right looks to me as if it might be a hybrid between a Spanish and English bluebell. These are becoming more and more common in the UK and are threatening our native blue bell genetic stock. I say a hybrid because although it has the paler colour and turned out bell of the Spanish bluebell the flowers appear to be mostly on one side of the stem.

Susan: Yes, that's exactly what I do....cut the 'X', plant and then mulch. Did it in about 80% of my vegetable garden last year. It was a good investment in dollars because it saved me tons of hours that I used to spend weeding. I even put fabric down and mulched the paths. In the past, I used cardboard or newspaper but the fabric is failproof as long as you use the woven kind. If you have the cheap kind that is perforated "to let water through", be advised that everything in the world grows through those holes, especially grasses. And I learned that the hard way!!! :) If you have that kind, just lay down newspaper or cardboard underneath it and that solves the problem. I agree that Round-up is the only way to go to get rid of that bermuda grass to start your new bed. You know that I always try to be as organic as possible, just like you, but there are some situations where the only real solution is a chemical....and getting rid of bermuda grass demands round-up. I have spent years of my life trying to get rid of bermuda by digging it up, etc. and it just doesn't work. If you leave even the tiniest piece of a stolon, that bermuda will be back. So I say just spray the round-up once it is warm enough and be done with it. :) And studies show that Round-up breaks down quickly in the soil so I see no harm in using it. Wolflover, Is it 'fun' to start over with a new landscape or is it too stressful at this stage to be considered fun??? When I moved here in 1999 and started from scratch with a former cow pasture, I put a lot of pressure on myself to try to get everything done 'now'. Oops! That didn't work. But, a few years later I can say that I have made a lot of progress. Of course, those darned summer droughts have made it hard at times. Give your Jane magnolia time. Mine was severely freeze-damaged several years ago and I thought it was a goner. It finally came to life fairly late in the spring and I pruned off all the dead stuff and it rebounded fairly quickly after that. Mine has been a little slow this year too. I usually have blooms by now. I don't know how much of the slowness is from freeze-damage and how much of the slowness is because the deer keep eating the buds. How far back are you going to prune the trees when you move them? I know the "experts" always say 50%, but I find it so hard to abide by that rule! I usually cut them back about 30% and then try to be extra vigilant about watering them that first year after they've been moved. And, I bet you already know this....but Jane has at least six brothers and sisters (mostly sisters) and I've been toying with the idea of trying to find and plant all of them. I remember that one is "Ann" but that's the only name in my memory bank. I'll have to google to find the others. I think they came out of the U.S. Arboretum breeding program in the late 80s or early 90s. I didn't get a lot accomplished today. The weather was gorgeous but there were huge fires almost everywhere (but not in our fire district!) and our air quality was just awful. Tomorrow, though, I'll be in the garden all day long. :)

I plant Hyacinth 4-6 inches deep & do not move either the tulip or hyacinth in the fall.... the "side bulbs are allowed to grow alongside the parent bulb. Tulips are planted 6-8 inches deep