My husband was building a wheelchair path from one side of the yard to the other. Our lawn isn't one of those cookie-cutter lawns you find elsewhere on my street and around all around the country.
I bought stock in Excedrin.Decora is a Fosteriana (early), Golden Apeldoorn is a Darwin Hybrid (mid), and Cashmir is a Single Early (early). I had done it again! All my research and careful consideration netted me no late-bloomers in the back row.
Growing flowering bulbs indoors provides some color anytime during the year. The large-flowered varieties of crocus do well, as do the majority of hyacinths. When the containers are removed and placed in a sunny window, the hyacinth or paper white bulbs...
As spring approaches and plans for the summer garden get underway, gardeners begin thinking about the caladium tubers they dug last fall when the leaves began to die down. Store them in a dry place out of freezing temperatures for the winter.My caladium...
Their delicate charm and bright blue flowers are a welcome site after a long snowy winter!I would like to thank the following people for the use of their pictures: Few other lesser spring bulbs have flowers in such an intense blue (possibly excepting...
Those long-awaited harbingers of the spring garden are beginning to make their appearance here at Cottage-in-the-Meadow-Gardens: snowdrops nodding their greetings as I pass by, early species crocuses lifting their tiny yellow chalices in a toast to the...
I bought one pot of tete-a-tetes for my father, who lives at an assisted living center where they seem to have only artificial plants, and one for myself. But if you have an opportunity to pick up a lot of these once-flowered beauties on the cheap, do...
I made sure to dig down below the clay(the second time around. This sort of mimicks what I imagine might be the natural habitat of the iris.http://www.arhomeandgarden.org/plantoftheweek/articles/Iris_Reticulated.htm(In the body of the article) Trees are...
Keep cut tulips well away from direct sunlight or a heat source, as this will cause them to droop sooner. They'll stand upright in a tall, narrow vase, but can also be placed in floral foam for added support in shorter, wider containers.
They grow in clumps of flowers that look like small daisies, and are useful in landscaping and as ground cover. Place bulbs into holes and cover them with soil.Water the site well and maintain consistent weekly waterings to keep the soil moist but not...
These sunny flowers propagate themselves two ways, and they'll even tell you when it's time to divide the bulbs.Keep the leaves on the daffodils until they turn yellow.Daffodils are very easy to grow, preferring sunny well-drained spots to produce the...
I cannot even imagine a spring garden without them.Naturalized displays of Glory-of-the-Snow and Siberican Squill Spanish bluebells come in standard blue, along with white and pink formsI hope this article and the previous one on grape hyacinths, will...
Plant layers of early and late varieties for a long blooming season.And if you ever get the chance to travel to the Netherlands, try to go in late April, during the height of spring flowering at the Keukenhof!For an overview and more photos of the Keukehnof,...
If you have bulbs blooming in your yard or garden this spring, perhaps you have experienced the same dilemma I've faced in recent years: I'd love to pick some for a bouquet, but then I feel like I'm diminishing the beautiful show.
In general, plan to divide lilies about every three years, or when when you notice an overall reduction in flowers and spindly weak-looking stems. Ideally you should replant immediately, but you can store lily bulbs until spring if replanting right away...
Tulip bulbs flower from early to late spring in a variety of shapes, sizes and colors. Species tulips are smaller, lower growing plants, requiring hot sunshine to fully ripen their bulbs.
The flower's petals are called tepals. Just seeing this beautiful, tiny flower popping up from under the snow brings me hope that spring is coming--its purity and spring scent always brings joy to my heart.
In talking with him, I learned that even in a garden with such a singular seasonal focus, a gardener's job is never done. The daffodils and tulips growing in the pavilion's warmth will already be blooming by the end of March, weeks ahead of their counterparts...
Every year, I start searching my flower beds in February and March for signs of life. Snowdrops, hyacinths, and some daffodils also seem to be particularly resistant to the cold, wet spring precipitation.
Tulips are available in a wide range colors, each with their own meaning.Yellow tulips are generally associated with "cheerfulness".According to ProFlowers.com, the meaning of yellow tulips has evolved over the years.
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.
Our landscape was changed by Citizens cooperating together the previous fall and planting donated Daffodil bulbs. The last lines of his poem (titled simply "Daffodils") are : "And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils."All of...
You will find bulbils on the mature leaves of the tiger lily in late summer or early autumn. Find detailed directions for transplanting scales in Resources.Harvest only the brown seedpods, as they contain mature seeds.
Carefully dig up the bulbs using a garden fork instead of a spade or shovel to help protect your lily. Lilies look best when planted in groups of at least three to five. Before planting your lilies, amend the soil with organic matter such as peat moss...
Everyone imagined this mania would last forever, and would make every citizen of The Netherlands a rich man! People sold their houses in order to invest in the tulip markets, as a consequence the cost of living became ludicrously high.
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. Remove any bulbs with the following characteristics: soaking wet and squashy; leaking...
Seed formation of most other spring bulbs either helps propagate the bulb or simply does no harm.In formal beds, removing spent blooms may help tidy things up. For the truly brown- thumbed, leaves attached to bulbs assures planting with the right end...
