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      by Melinda Myers                   granular formulations to protect bulbs
                                         animals prefer to eat.
      It’s time to think spring. Fall is the
      time to plant tulips, daffodils, crocus  Lay the bulbs out on newspaper, apply the
      and other spring flowering bulbs. Use  liquid repellent, and allow them to dry
      these early bloomers to welcome    before planting.  Add an extra layer of
      spring to your landscape. You’ll   protection by sprinkling the granular
      appreciate the color and cheery blooms  repellent over the soil surface. In spring,
      after another long winter passes.
                                         begin protecting the plants before the
      Extend your enjoyment by including  animals begin feeding. Follow label
      early blooming bulbs like snowdrops,  directions for proper timing of additional
      squills, and winter aconites. Add early,  repellent applications.
      mid, or late spring blooming tulips
      and early and mid spring flowering   Prepare the soil before planting. Work
      daffodils for a continuous display of  compost, peatmoss, or other organic matter
      color. Check the package or catalog
      description for bloom times. Gardeners  into the top twelve inches of soil to improve
      in milder climates should look for low  drainage, a key factor in growing success.
      chill varieties that need a minimal cold
      period to bloom or plant prechilled  Wait until the soil is cool to plant your
      bulbs annually. In either case, wait  bulbs. This is usually after the first hard
      until late fall or early winter to plant.  frost or when night temperatures average  Break out your trowel and gloves and  by Tree World Plant Care for her expertise to
                                                                                 get busy planting. You’ll be glad you did  write this article. Her web site
      Create some winning combinations by  between 40 and 50 degrees. Plant the bulbs                                 is www.MelindaMyers.com.
      planting white tulips with grape   two to three times their vertical height  when that first flower appears next
      hyacinths or yellow daffodils with the  depth and at least two to three times their  spring.
      equally assertive blue squills. Plant a  diameter apart. Try grouping at least six to
      fragrant garden bouquet by combining  nine larger bulbs, like tulips and daffodils,  Melinda Myers has written more
      tulips, daffodils and hyacinths. Select  and 15 to 20 smaller bulbs, like squills and  than 20 gardening books,
      varieties that bloom at the same time  crocus, together for greater impact.  including Small Space
      in complementary colors or blends.                                         Gardening. She hosts The Great

      Include summer flowering hardy lilies.  Mix a low nitrogen, slow release fertilizer  Courses How to Grow Anything
      Many are fragrant and these stately  into the soil surface and water thoroughly  DVD series and the Melinda’s
      beauties provide vertical accents in the  after planting.  Continue watering  Garden Moment TV & radio
      garden. Cut a few stems to display in a  thoroughly when the soil is dry throughout  segments. Myers is a columnist and
      vase or mix with other flowers in  the fall, while the bulbs grow roots.   contributing editor for Birds &
      summer bouquets.                                                           Blooms magazine and was commissioned
                                           After you enjoy their blooms next spring,
      Don’t let hungry animals stop you                                                                         California Botanic Garden located in Claremont
      from brightening your spring with  leave the leaves intact until they yellow.                           at 1500 N. College Avenue is 86 acres.  It is one of
      these bulbs. Include animal resistant  Leaves produce the energy needed for next                        the world’s largest gardens featuring native
      bulbs like hyacinths, grape hyacinths,  year’s floral display. Mask the fading foliage                  California plants.  Redwoods, Joshua trees, sages,
      daffodils, fritillarias, and alliums.   by planting winter hardy pansies with your                      and wildflowers shown are native to the Channel
                                         bulbs in fall, adding color to both fall and                         Islands, Baja California, and the Mojave Desert.
      You can plant tulips, crocus, and lilies,
      just be sure to use physical barriers like  spring gardens. Or plant bulbs amongst                      Purchase a plant at the Grow Native nursery right
                                                                                                              on property.  Admission is $10.00.  Call 909-625-
      chicken wire or animal repellents like  perennials. Early spring flowering                              8767 or check the website at www:calbg.org to
      rain resistant Plantskydd          perennials double your pleasure, later                               confirm when open.
      (plantskydd.com). It’s an organic  bloomers extend the flowering season, and
                                         both help hide fading bulb foliage.
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