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whole year for little care and effort once planted. This yearly
display can start with the earliest flowering bulbs in the
spring such as snowdrops and crocus and proceed into winter with
bulbs forced indoors to bloom. These you can see available in
stores around Christmas time.
For this article we will discuss flower bulbs as being most of
the group of flowers that grow from enlarged underground masses
that store food over the winter for the plant. In another
article we will address the actual differences among all such
"bulbs".
Flower bulbs, if planted in a bed, need a soil that has good
drainage. A sandy loam soil is ideal but bulbs will do well in
just about anything short of cold clay soil, soggy spots and
very rocky ground. Even amongst the rocks you can find pockets
to plant some of the smaller flower bulbs. Adding plenty of
organic matter always helps your soil as we have mentioned in
other articles.
Some expert gardeners suggest a flowerbed where the bulbs will
Why a flower bed should look bare when you first plant it It is probably one of the most common new gardener mistakes. It is even a mistake that, in their excitement to have a beautiful yard, seasoned gardeners make. That mistake is planting a new flower bed with too many plants that are too close together.
A new flower bed should have lots of bare ground. In fact, there should be enough bare ground between the plants that you can walk easily between them. Unfortunately this creates a flower bed that looks nothing like the flower beds you see in gardening books and magazines.
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be planted should be prepared to a depth of two feet. This
allows you to plant even the largest of bulbs to a good depth.
But if the location is a low spot to which all other areas
drain, and it holds water, this will not be a good spot to plant
your bulbs regardless of how well you prepare the soil. Flower
bulbs will readily rot where the soil holds water and is soggy.
Whatever spot you pick be sure it allows your flower bulbs to be
in full sun. As most spring-flowering bulbs come up before the
trees have their leaves, it may not be as great a concern for
them. It is certainly a consideration when planting
summer-flowering bulbs. Keep this in mind when planting near
evergreens and man-made structures.
Some flower gardeners prefer to use bulbs to "naturalize" an
area. To do this, you simply dig a hole big enough and deep
enough for the bulb you are planting. You can also dig a hole
big enough to hold four or five bulbs at a time. Put a little
bulb fertilizer in the hole, place your bulbs in, replace the
soil removed and cap with the sod you removed in making the hole.
History of the flower languageAttributing flowers with hidden meanings and using them to
express feelings and sending messages is an ancient tradition
and even the old Greeks used flowers in this manner. Cleopatra
used to shower her lover Marcus Antonius in rose petals to
express her love for him. During the 17th century B.C. the Turks
developed a large flower language that soon spread and gained
popularity all over Europe. During the strict Victorian era,
conveying messages in the form of flowers experienced a new boom
and secret lovers sent seemingly innocent flower bouquets to
each other.
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And lastly the rule of thumb for planting flower bulbs is three
times as deep as the bulb is big. You may wish to consider
planting some bulbs even deeper. Barbara Damrosch of Theme
Gardens fame prefers to plant her bulbs, especially tulips and
daffodils, deeper at ten inches. She prefers this to keep them
from sprouting in the fall, being worked out of the ground by
the freezing and thawing of it, and also to help protect the
bulbs from being eaten by animals.
© 2005, Sandra Dinkins-Wilson
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Find more Gardening Tips at our informative website,
http://flowergardenlovers.com/ for Flower Garden Lovers. Read
about rose, shade, butterfly, water, and wildflower gardens and
garden rooms.
Sandra Dinkins-Wilson Tips for Planting Flower Bulbs |
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