Category Archives: Flower Bulbs
Spring Blooming Bulbs are up!
Here are a few photos from my yard the first week of May! Daffodils, Hyacinths, Scilla, Muscari and many Tulips are now open! Fritillaria, late Tulips, Iris, and Allium are yet to bloom. Many Peonies, Astilbes, Geraniums, Bleeding Hearts, Ferns … Continue reading
Posted in Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Spring
Tagged allium, daffodils, fritillaria, hyacinth, iris, pictures, tulips
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Colorful Caladium Foliage
Looking to add more color to those shaded areas of your yard? Caladiums are an excellent choice and very easy to grow and care for. Vibrant reds to pale pinks, wide bands of color to speckled patterns of green, the … Continue reading
Posted in Container Gardening, Flower Bulbs, Gardening 101, Spring, Urban Gardening
Tagged angel wings, caladium, colorful, container gardening, foliage, indoors, shade
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Cheating with Fall Flower bulbs!
As most of you probably already know, most fall planted bulbs require 10-17 weeks of chilling (temperatures consistently below 55 degrees F) in order to grow and bloom correctly in the spring. In the USDA Hardiness Zones 3-8, they will … Continue reading
Posted in celebration, Container Gardening, Flower Bulbs, Forcing Bulbs, winter
Tagged chilled bulbs, crocus, daffodils, forcing, hyacinths, muscari, prepared bulbs, tulips, winter
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Dreary Times for Gardeners?
Winter can get long here in the North. I begin missing my flowers in Fall, but I’ glad that I am still able to enjoy the outdoors. Once winter has set in, I get a little bummed and a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Container Gardening, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Forcing Bulbs, winter
Tagged amaryllis, chilled bulbs, daffodils, forcing, paperwhites, prepared bulbs, tulips
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Warm Climates and Fall Planting Bulbs
I get many calls and emails from people in the South: California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Arkansas, Georgia, Alabama, New Mexico, Oklahoma,Tennessee, North and South Carolina, and Mississippi wondering if they could get any Fall planting bulbs to grow in … Continue reading
Posted in Deer resistant, Fall, Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Forcing Bulbs, Gardening 101
Tagged amaryllis, anemone, cold period, daffodils, dutch iris, jonquil, magic lily, narcissus, paperwhites, ranunculus, spider lily, spring blooming, tazetta, the south, warm climates
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Finding New Fall Planting Flowers
Don’t you love finding a new flower to add to your garden? Or at least seeing a new flower you haven’t seen before!?! I love that there are so many variations in height, color, fullness, details in the blooms…the list … Continue reading
Posted in Fall, Flower Bulbs, Flowers
Tagged Allium Shubertii, Butterfly Daffodil, fall bulbs, Hollyhock Hyacinth, Louisiana Iris, New, Zizanie Double Tulip
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The Scoop on How Flower Bulbs are Measured
Does it really matter what size a flower bulb is? Wouldn’t the most bulbs for the least amount of money be the best deal? Bulb size does matter. It takes years for those bulbs to get bigger. Bigger bulbs will … Continue reading
Posted in Flower Bulbs, Flowers, Forcing Bulbs, Spring, winter
Tagged allium, asiatic liliy, caliber, circumference, crocus, daffodils, dutch iris, hyacinth, mass of flowers, measure, narcissi, oriental lily, size, top size, tulip
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The Bulb Lasagna Creation was a success!
So last fall, I wrote about different Creative ways to plant bulbs and then I experimented with the “Lasagna planting“. Now that spring is ending here in SE Wisconsin, I will post my photos and comments on the ‘Lasagna’ progression. … Continue reading
The PERFECT spring
Last year it was a very wet and cold spring and summer. Spring flowers came and went so fast, with hardly any time to really appreciate them. Then this year, we had 70-80° in March! We usually don’t see those … Continue reading
