by Marde Ross | Jan 20, 2012 | Gardening Tips for Daffodils, Tulips, Peonies & Naturalizing Bulbs
How deep should each group be planted? Plant bulbs at the right depth. A general rule is to plant them three times their height from base to shoulder. There are some exceptions, which I’ll explain later. Large #1 size daffodil bulbs are the biggest available....
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 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 is the difference? Everyone knows the popular spring bulbs like tulips and daffodils, which are true bulbs. However, corms are equally important in the garden and bring their own unique blooms. Corms include plants like anemones, ranunculus, gladiolus, and...
by Marde Ross | Jan 18, 2012 | Daffodils, Gardening Tips for Daffodils, Tulips, Peonies & Naturalizing Bulbs, Tulips
How do you store bulbs successfully? Bulbs are dormant when they have died back to nothing more than the brown, dried, fat root. That root has all of the nutrition that it will need for the next year’s successful bloom. It is important to keep bulbs cool and in...
by Marde Ross | Dec 18, 2011 | Daffodils, Gardening Tips for Daffodils, Tulips, Peonies & Naturalizing Bulbs
Fighting gophers on my property not a problem because most of my plantings are not tasty to the gophers. I still have a big population of them. I think the family of owls that I discovered this summer has helped to reduce their numbers. Just yesterday though, I...
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