Bulbs - Selecting Bulbs for Garden Design
There's more to bulbs than daffodils. And there are more seasons for flowering bulbs than just spring. Flowering bulbs add color and interest all year round and many are especially resistant to animal and pest damage. Here are some top choices for flowering bulbs.
Growing Lilies (True Lilies)
The names lily is applied to many plants, but "true lilies" belong to the genus Lilium. There's a great deal of variety when choosing lilies. What they all share is a certain elegance of form and sweetness of fragrance that have made lilies regal flowers in the garden. They're also surprising easy to grow, as you'll see here.
The names lily is applied to many plants, but "true lilies" belong to the genus Lilium. There's a great deal of variety when choosing lilies. What they all share is a certain elegance of form and sweetness of fragrance that have made lilies regal flowers in the garden. They're also surprising easy to grow, as you'll see here.
Summer Flowering Bulbs
We often think of planting bulbs for spring color, but there are many summer flowering bulbs that add color and a touch of the tropics to the peak season garden. In warmer climates, many of these flowering bulbs can be left in the ground all year and some will even naturalize. Here are some summer blooming bulbs, corms, rhizomes and tubers worth adding to your garden.
We often think of planting bulbs for spring color, but there are many summer flowering bulbs that add color and a touch of the tropics to the peak season garden. In warmer climates, many of these flowering bulbs can be left in the ground all year and some will even naturalize. Here are some summer blooming bulbs, corms, rhizomes and tubers worth adding to your garden.
Deer Resistant Spring Blooming Bulbs
If you are plagued by deer browsing, consider spring bulbs that are less tempting to deer. We all know that deer don't like daffodils, but that doesn't mean your spring bulb garden has to be a swath of yellow. There are several other bulbs that deer tend to avoid. Of course I can't make any promised that the squirrels and armadillos won't dig them up, but that's another problem.
If you are plagued by deer browsing, consider spring bulbs that are less tempting to deer. We all know that deer don't like daffodils, but that doesn't mean your spring bulb garden has to be a swath of yellow. There are several other bulbs that deer tend to avoid. Of course I can't make any promised that the squirrels and armadillos won't dig them up, but that's another problem.