How To Plant Spring Bulbs

But, every few years, lilies need to be divided and transplanted, otherwise they get overcrowded, resulting in fewer flowers and weak plant growth. In general, plan to divide lilies about every three years, or when when you notice an overall reduction...

There are over 100 species of tulips and many more hybrids. Grow them near edelweiss, alpine gentians and other low growing perennials that won't cover them up, so the bulbs can get the baking they need.Cut off dead tulip foliage and stems after they...

Each bulb contains its own precise clock to manage growth from spring shoot to full flower.Each variety of lily has its own internal growth schedule.Each variety of lily has its own bloom time, but all lilies start growing when the ground warms.

Tiger Lilies (Lilium columbianum Leichtlin), also known as Columbia lilies, are native to North America. They add color and variety to the home garden. The best time to transplant tiger lilies depends on whether you are working with bulbs, bulbils, scales...

Gently separate the bulbs and then replant each bulb twice as deep as it is wide and 8 to 12 inches apart. Asiatic lilies can be planted in the spring or the fall. Feed your lily plants with a phosphorus-rich fertilizer such as 5-10-10.

These types of plants are not hardy in cold and freezing temperatures and must be brought indoors to save the bulb and enjoy the blooms the next season.Bulb is a broad scope term for underground plant storage organs.

Sizes can run from the size of your thumbnail to larger than a golf ball.Make separate piles of bulbs shaped like bunches of carrots or flattened round couch cushions. Use your pictures and charts to clarify what is what, and plan a little replanting...

Although the plant doesn't usually have disease problems, leaving old foliage may encourage fungal problems.Tropicanna canna thrives in rich soil. Its difficult to decide which part of the Tropicanna canna lily (Canna "Phasion") is more beautiful: the...

Some bulbs grow little bulblets around the base, or growth plate, of the parent bulbs and the section of the stem between the bulb and soil line. Lilies will not grow directly from stem cuttings; they must first form bulbils, so be patient.

In exchange, they deliver years of reliable springtime blooms.Most daffodils require fall planting to produce blooms the following spring. In most regions, fall and winter precipitation provide all the moisture needed until spring.

You can make the flowers bloom earlier in the season than they do naturally, usually in late winter or early spring. Move the plants back into direct sunlight and continue to water and fertilize them until the foliage dies back naturally.Cut the foliage...

Some cultivars yield bi-color flowers, such as white with brown centers. Gladiolus is an easy-to-grow flower noted for its tall flower spikes. The flowers bloom from mid-summer through the first frost.The gladiolus blooms on tall stems with narrow, blade-shaped...

It blooms in the spring and during cool summers, in a wide range of bright colors atop long, slim and velvety, bright green stems and fine, fern-like foliage. Ranunculus is a large family of annual, perennial and biennial flowering plants grown from small...

Though spring is a few weeks away, parts of the country are still within winteris grasp. Paper whites started around Thanksgiving should be blooming by Christmas.Bulbs that require a chilling period include tulips, crocus, daffodils and hyacinths.

Rhizomes, or underground stems, store photosynthesized energy from the dying foliage. Because you need the leaves to remain healthy until they yellow, your decaying flowers become a liability: They hold molds that easily infiltrate the leaves if left...

It may still be chilly outside but your bulbs need to get into the ground. Depending on the size of the bulb, plant them between 2 and 7 inches apart. Also, gladiolus do not like to compete for space with tree or shrub roots nor do they enjoy being planted...

The iris rhizomes need the energy from the foliage to grow throughout the winter and bloom the following spring. Don't bury the rhizome, but gently push it into the dirt so it still sees some sunlight.

Tulips are some of the first flowers in spring, and sometimes come up when there's still snow on the ground. Any planting should take place around the time of the first frost, which occurs as early as the second week of October in north Texas and as late...

Calla lilies grow in a variety of light conditions, including full sun, partial sun and shade in USDA zones 7 through 10. The bulb even contains flower stems and leaves, which are packaged in an outer layer called a tunic.

Store them in a dry place out of freezing temperatures for the winter.My caladium bulbs reside in stacked, open nursery trays on a high shelf inside the garage during the winter. Small tubers are much cheaper than large tubers, but it takes many of the...

Depending on your climate, their above-ground growth starts emerging in late winter or early spring. The bulbs contain all the nutrients they need to support their initial rounds of leaves and flowers, so don't fertilize them during their first year.Naked...

Paperwhites need only well-drained soil and a sunny site to thrive and even naturalize. Paperwhites are bulb plants that are hardy outdoors in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 9 through 11 but also are used for forcing indoors during...

Unfortunately, the only way to absolutely discern if you have a bulb plant in your garden is to dig it up and look at it. A corm is simply a compressed stem or the base of a stem which grows underground.

Species lilies multiply by seed annually but some hybrid lilies set seed only occasionally.Garden hybrid lilies and the wild, or species, lilies from which they are descended grow from true bulbs, The lily's tunicate bulb grows from the interior and the...

One inch of weekly water when it's actively growing is ideal. Mix the solution in a 1-gallon watering can and pour it evenly around the base of the plant. In late winter or spring, depending on location, clusters of dainty, star-shaped spring blooms nod...

In other climates, plant ranunculus about two to three weeks after the last spring frost is anticipated.Locate a good planting spot for the ranunculus. Cover up each of the tubers with about 2 inches of soil.Water the planting bed thoroughly using a slow...

Store the corms in a paper bag in a dry location where temperatures are 35 to 45 degree Fahrenheit until spring planting. Gladiolus plants can't tolerate weed competition, as the weeds rob the soil of the nutrients and water the corms need to store energy.Cut...