by Marde Ross | Jan 22, 2012 | Gardening Tips for Daffodils, Tulips, Peonies & Naturalizing Bulbs
Preparing the soil for planting bulbs is important. For peonies and tulips the soil pH should be 6.0 to 7.0 or neutral. Heavy clay soils are not desirable, so poor soils should be amended with organic matter like compost, peat moss or your own compost pile before...
by Marde Ross | Jan 22, 2012 | Tulips
My listing of tulips available on my price list, are tulips that I have grown for many years and are my favorites. I have grown many which are not on that list, but these are among the most beautiful and reliable of those available that I can still obtain. There have...
by Marde Ross | Jan 20, 2012 | Gardening Tips for Daffodils, Tulips, Peonies & Naturalizing Bulbs
The usual rule of thumb is to plant bulbs three times the distance from base to shoulder of the bulb. There are exceptions which I will go into at the end of this post. These large #1 size daffodil bulbs are the largest available and not found in nurseries. The...
by Marde Ross | Jan 19, 2012 | Gardening Tips for Daffodils, Tulips, Peonies & Naturalizing Bulbs
Bulbs can be ordered at any time during the year, but the delivery is usually from September through January for spring flowering blooms. Spring crocus (which needs pre-chilling) and fall blooming, Crocus Sativus (which does not require chilling) are available. Crocus...
by Marde Ross | Jan 18, 2012 | Gardening Tips for Daffodils, Tulips, Peonies & Naturalizing Bulbs
What are bulbs and corms? Everyone is familiar with the basic and most popular bulbs like tulips and daffodils which are true bulbs, but corms are important and popular as well. Anemones, ranunculous, gladiolus and crocus are corms. A corm is defined as an swollen,...
Recent Comments