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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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