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You dust off your carefully stored flower bulbs, ready to plant them for a burst of color and fragrance that will make your ...
Kent & Stowe’s bulb planter is not only ideal for planting bulbs, it can also be used to plant seed potatoes and bedding plants. It allows you to plant to a diameter of 2.4-inches, with a 4-inch ...
Even though it's winter, if the ground is soft enough, it’s a great time to plant bulbs. Buy them now, and you’ll save a ton of money. Plant them now, and you’ll find it's easier to dig ...
It's best to plant your allium bulbs now for beautiful springtime blooms, so don your gardening gloves, break out your pruning shears, and get planting. You may like 9 colorful plants you can grow ...
This is the season to shop for hardy spring-flowering bulbs! The growers — mostly in the Netherlands — dug the bulbs from the sandy soil of their nursery fields in early summer, cleaned them and ...
Bulbs should be planted in late summer to early fall so that they can become established before the winter. Place them 3-4 inches deep with the pointed tip upwards and 4 inches apart, cover with ...
Added bonus: Planting bulbs deeper means they're harder to reach for squirrels, bulbs' public enemy No. 1 (chipmunks and moles also like to snack on bulbs, and deer like to eat tulip flowers).
When those bulbs start to show their stripes, I think to myself, “I need to plant more bulbs next fall.” And when I say that to myself, I believe I mean it and have the best of intentions. I ...
Those bulbs need an extended time of cold temperatures (35-45°F) to bloom in the spring, so you should start planting your bulbs when the soil temperature drops to 55°F.
How to pick the right tulip bulb. To pick out the right bulb to plant, it’s important to recognize signs of health. “When you’re buying your tulip bulbs, make sure they are firm,” Ivanov says.
Some bulbs are bigger than others, so they need to be planted deeper. The rule of thumb is to plant the bulbs twice as deep as the width of the bulb. So, if the bulb is two inches wide, plant them ...
Here's how it works: Sign up for your bulbs here, which are available first-come, ... Over the years, The Daffodil Project has planted 10 million bulbs with the help of 500,000 volunteers.