Start Spring with a Big Pop of Color Though the usual sequence is to plant the bulbs in the fall for bloom in the spring, some growers cheat the system by chilling those sold for spring bloom. This is necessary for Southern gardens which don’t get the required cold temperatures. Presented here are some […]
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Garden Chores For March, No Digging Yet
Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn‘ buds on ice No real attempts at garden chores yet, but not everyone is like Ohio, still in the throes of winter. There were some blue skies, yesterday, however! I will likely remember this winter for a long time to come. On Ilona’s Garden some new pages were posted (1) a chores reminder […]
Daffodils
Buy Your Own If you enjoy viewing these photos, you may like reading about daffodils in the garden: Five Steps to Dazzling Daffodils How To Plant Dutch Bulbs For Fabulous Spring Flowers Daffodils What Is The Big Deal About Bulbs In The Garden?
Five Steps to Dazzling Daffodils
Daffodils, Narcissus species, are quite easy to grow, but there are a few things you can do to insure that the bulbs you plant produce a dazzling display of spring bloom year after year. The Five Steps to Success Be sure you plant your bulbs in a place that gets enough sunshine. Daffodils like at […]
Think Bulbs
The stores will soon be stocked with a wide array of flower bulb choices. Time to put on the thinking hat and plan your purchases and garden plan for planting them. I put together some webpages a number of years ago and I put some of the highlights of my advice here, but the pages […]
Daffodils
I almost forgot! The daffodils are coming up strongly. It seems as though every single one that I planted from my mothers fall time gifting is making an appearance. I don’t have any blooming yet, although I saw a number blooming on city hillsides. And just in time I have charged the batteries on my […]
