Having A Closer Look At Your Flower Bulbs
Thursday, November 26th, 2009After a long winter there is nothing more lovely than a spring garden with decorative garden decor (glass gazing balls are a great addition). That spring bloom can be much more beautiful by following this easy tip.
I’m going to suggest that you go ahead and plant your bulbs and ground phlox first thing in the fall. You
should also put some bulb fertilizers into each hole as you plant the bulbs-and watch to
how far down the store explained to plant. I’ve found that you should usually try to put plant bulbs in groups of odd numbers
scattered about in such a way as that other plants will hide their greenery as the bulbs begin to
wither. If you go about loosey-goosey style spreading them out to and fro, they tend to make a pretty
home look haphazard and messy.
In the spring after your daffodils and tulips have all bloomed it is important to not cut
out all the foliage. It may look unsightly, but cutting it away will hinder your bulbs from
blooming next year. If you will take the patience to let it yellow, it will likely pull out or cut off easier
enough. In fact if it does not pull out of the ground easily then it is not ready to be cut
away or removed. All of the remaining greenery will be making nutrients for the following seasons blooms. Try to just
ignore them until they are truly wilted and yellow.
It is also a good idea to put down some bulb fertilizer in the fall and spring over the areas where you have them planted. Doing this proves to keeps your flower bulbs happy from time to time. Daffodils are a good bulb choice as deer and squirrels seem fairly uninterested in them and
they slowly multiply year after year.
Tulips can be a disappointment!
After a few years they tend to stop blooming or the squirrels have stolen them or the deer have eaten them-they just kind of disappear.
Grape hyacinth and scilla are both lovely small purple flower bulbs, but they can spread to the
point of proving hinderance to your landscape…and, as you can probably guess, you should want to keep this in mind if introducing them. Be sure to have some recycled glass gazing balls and other decorative garden decor too!
The most important thing to remember for a spring garden is you have to get it started in the fall…just another reason why planning ahead is a big part of gardening.
