Narcissus are very nice, the scent of hyacinth is such as dreams are made on, but it is in tulips lies the preservation of the world. I've decided it's humanly impossible to plant too many, assuming, of course, you're not using them to spell out your company logo in red and yellow or something like that.

The 3,000 Mile Garden: An Exchange of Letters on Gardening, Food, and the Good Life (1997 edition), Penguin Group USA - ISBN: 9780140254471