Tag: bulbs
Summery Bulbs After Spring Bulbs
UNITED STATES—Spring bulbs prefer an earlier start, and several appreciate a bit of winter chill. Summery bulbs, or summer bulbs or late bulbs, prefer...
Spring Bulbs Benefit From Vernalization
UNITED STATES—Spring bulbs obviously bloom for spring. Less obviously, they vernalize with winter chill. They are seasonable about now because this is when they...
Deadheading Redirects Resources For Growth
UNITED STATES—Early spring bulbs that went into their gardens last autumn are now blooming. Some are already done. Some summer bulbs should begin to...
Summer Bulbs Begin In Winter
UNITED STATES—Spring bulbs begin to go into the garden during autumn to benefit from the chill of winter. Summer bulbs begin to go into...
Early Spring Bulbs Start Now
UNITED STATES—Halloween seems to be an appropriate time to bury early spring bulbs in shallow graves. The season begins about now, and continues until...
Spring Bulbs Begin In Autumn
UNITED STATES—Crocus, daffodil, hyacinth, tulip, freesia, anemone and ranunculus will not bloom until the end of winter and early spring. They are spring bulbs...
Deadhead Spring Bulbs After Bloom
UNITED STATES—Fruiting warm season vegetables that are now in season, such as squash, tomatoes and beans, are more abundant with regular harvest. Plants that...
Late Bulbs Require No Wintry Chill
UNITED STATES—Spring bulbs are making a comeback from their unceremonious internments last autumn. Some of the earlier sorts are visibly extending foliage above the...
Early Bulbs Start Even Earlier Than Expected
UNITED STATES—Crocus, daffodil and narcissus are among the earliest of the popular early bulbs to bloom at the end of winter. Hyacinth, tulip, freesia,...
Perennial Plants Perform For Years
UNITED STATES—'Perennial' is a simple adjective that describes something that last for more than a single year. Horticulturally, it is not this simple. After...
Wildflowers Are Flowers Gone Wild
UNITED STATES—Wildflowers have been quite a fad. Relative to most fads, they are not so impractical. For some situations, they are a good excuse...
Deadheading Spring Bulbs Conserves Resources
UNITED STATES—Now that the various spring bulbs have finished blooming, or will soon, many will benefit from deadheading. The techniques are simple, and actually...
Summer Bulbs After Early Spring Bulbs
UNITED STATES—It was easy to bury spring bulbs so discourteously in shallow graves last autumn, prior to concern about summer bulbs. None of them...
Spring Bulbs Begin Their Season In Autumn
UNITED STATES—Spring bulbs lack immediate gratification. They will, of course, justify their habitation of the garden as they bloom next spring. For now, they...
Bulb-Like Perennials For Next Summer
UNITED STATES—Like something of bad science fiction, they are back. The earliest of spring bulbs and bulb-like perennials that were so discourteously buried in...
Bulbs For Spring Get Planted Now
UNITED STATES—To those who do not enjoy gardening, the process of planting dormant bulbs must seem to be blatantly unproductive. Those of us who...
What Bulbs Do After Bloom
UNITED STATES—Narcissus, daffodil, freesia, snowdrop, snowflake, grape hyacinth, various iris and most other early spring blooming bulbs and bulb like plants should be perennials....
Bulbs Are Not Finished Yet
UNITED STATES—It was easy to forget about spring bulbs after they went into the ground so unceremoniously last autumn. They got buried without so...
Autumn Is For Planting – Especially Bulbs
UNITED STATES—Autumn is for planting. Cliche? Yes, but true. Autumn is when most plants are beginning dormancy, and are therefore not so bothered by...
Bulbs Foliage Lingers After Bloom
UNITED STATES—Daffodils, freesias, lilies, snowdrops and the various early spring blooming bulbs and bulb like perennials will be finishing soon if they have not...
