Featured Plants: Planting Spring Blooming Bulbs

It’s time to plant the bulbs. Spring flowering bulbs are such a welcome sight after a long winter. But for that to happen, you have to plant them in the fall or early winter. When’s the best time to plant? What can you grow if the ground never freezes? How do you keep the squirrels and deer away? Good questions. Here are some answers for planting, choosing and caring for spring flowering bulbs.

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