Whether you buy bulbs in packets or loose from a bin, there are labels describing plant heights and flowering times. Plant low plants toward the front of the bed, taller plants in back. Mix early and late-flowering bulbs. Your garden will be lovely all spring, and the late-blooming plants will hide the spent foliage of the early bloomers. Plant bulbs around a lamp post, in wooded areas, or create a bed of your favorite colors.
Many gardeners tend to isolate their bulbs from the rest of the garden.
Bulb flowers support, rather than dominate, perennials. Perennial borders that bloom brilliantly only once per season look dull the rest of the year. Use bulbs to spice up the border in spring and fall. For example, use small groupings of soft-yellow daffodils planted near Hosta sieboldiana. This scheme creates a lovely effect, and as the foliage of the hosta grows and thickens, it hides the leaves of the spent daffodils.