Full season bulb garden help?

I live in WI (cold winters) and would like to plant a garden entirely from bulbs (or other hardy perennials). I have full sun. Any ideas on how to plant bulbs so that from early spring to later summer I have some nice color? I can look up the info on when certain bulbs will bloom, but I'm not sure how to plant them so that they aren't competing with each other and end up looking like a big crowded mess. I love daffodils and tulips, but am certainly open to anything else. I don't know much about non-bulb perennials.



Also, any ideas for full shade? I have hostas, but would like to add some color.



Thanks!

Full season bulb garden help?
When planting the bulbs and tulips, put them together in clumps. As you make each hole, put the later-blooming ones in first and the earlier-blooming ones in last. That way, as one is losing its bloom, another one is blooming to take its place.



These are only going to last you until the very beginning of summer.



No perennial is going to bloom the entire summer. You have to put in a mix of them that bloom at different times, then supplement with annuals. Annuals are the only ones that will retain color the entire year.



Other fun flowers are lilies. Day lilies can bloom more than once, whereas Asiatics (the tall ones with thin, almost spiky leaves) will have one longer-lasting glorious display per year. You can grown these from bulbs.



Dahlias are also good from bulbs.



Other cool-hardy perennials are columbine, which blooms throughout the beginning of summer, ivy geraniums (early to mid, sometimes later), and mums. If you plant mums, pinch off the early buds that form in July in order to have a late-summer/early fall bloom.



For a shaded bed, you can try different fern varieties (read the label to determine sun requirements), the hostas, Jacob's ladder, various forms of ivy. I found something called a Japanese rose bush that has spectacular yellow blooms. For annuals in this bed, impatiens give the best color. Sometimes begonias also do well here.



These are just a few ideas.......

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