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| Eagle Lake Nurseries Gardening Tips October 2002 FALL BULBS FOR SPRING BLOOMS If you want to have a beautiful assortment of color in the spring, fall is the time to prepare with bulbs. Enriching your landscape with vibrant colors of spring is a great prelude to the green tones of summer. After root development, bulbs need the colder temperatures of fall and winter to lay dormant until the warmth begins in spring. Planting Tips: It is best to plant bulbs in a mass planting, laying them in a cluster for each group that you plant or you can also go with a more naturalized look and scatter them throughout the garden digging individual holes for each bulb. It is highly recommended to prepare the soil to a depth of 10 inches to insure that the bulbs are not heaved out of the ground during periods of frost. You can also treat your soil by adding or mixing in equal parts of peat moss and sand to give it a better drainage. Plant the bulbs the proper depth required on packages for each type of bulb. When blooms are spent, deadhead the blooms but don't cut back the foliage until it has turned yellow or shriveled as that is where the plant gets the nutrients to come back for the following year. Mulching and fertilizing also assures the longevity of the bulbs. Here are some bulb selections to help you decide on the design of your garden.  Hyacinth: many cultivars of this species  Narcissus, commonly known as the daffodil Wide variety of cultivars  Crocus - Also many cultivars Chiondoxa -Glory of Snow Early spring flowers that produce colors of white, blue or pink star like blooms Tulips Tulips are the most commonly used spring flowering bulbs, which offers a wide range of colors, height, shape and bloom times. Allium- Many varieties of this species Hopefully this will give you a few ideas on plants for spring planting, happy planting!!!! Renee O'Brien Eagle Lake Nurseries Ltd. |
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