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When Is it Too Late To Plant Bulbs?
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When Is it Too Late To Plant Bulbs?

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Dec 10, 2019

If you haven’t yet quite got round to planting your flower bulbs, here’s some good news for you - it’s not too late to plant bulbs such as tulips for a...

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Tulip Varieties
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Tulip Varieties

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Dec 10, 2019

Ruffled, single, striped, early, late, fragrant, double, and more: tulips are a very diverse group and there are more varieties of tulip than perhaps you may realize. To help you...

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How To Store Iris Bulbs?
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How To Store Iris Bulbs?

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Dec 10, 2019

Irises are amongst the most beautiful of all spring flower bulbs, with lily-like blooms in a rainbow of colors that includes blue, violet, red, yellow, white, bronze, and pink. Irises are lovely...

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Layering Bulbs In A Container
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Layering Bulbs In A Container

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Dec 10, 2019

Flower bulbs such as tulips and daffodils are so easy to grow - just plant them in fall and enjoy weeks of colorful blooms in spring. But did you know...

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How to Plant Hyacinth Bulbs?
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How to Plant Hyacinth Bulbs?

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Dec 10, 2019

Hyacinths have been favorite fall-planted flower bulbs for centuries, bringing glorious colors and a fresh fragrance to the spring garden. With their upright blooms in shades of blue, pink, white, yellow, and...

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How To Grow Hyacinth In Water?
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How To Grow Hyacinth In Water?

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Dec 10, 2019

Can’t wait for spring? Why not grow spring flower bulbs indoors and enjoy color and fragrance in winter? Hyacinth bulbs are easy to grow and you can plant them in...

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How To Care For Daffodils?
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How To Care For Daffodils?

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Dec 10, 2019

When you’re dreaming about spring flower bulbs in bloom, a swathe of yellow daffodils and narcissi nodding in the breeze are probably what comes first to mind. There are hundreds...

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Growing Bulbs Indoors For Christmas
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Growing Bulbs Indoors For Christmas

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Dec 10, 2019

Enjoy the flamboyant blooms of amaryllis and the heady fragrance of Narcissus Paperwhite and hyacinth by growing bulbs indoors for the holidays. These fall- planted flower bulbs are easy to grow and...

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Forgot To Plant Flower Bulbs?
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Forgot To Plant Flower Bulbs?

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Dec 10, 2019

If you forgot about planting your bulbs in fall, all is not lost. You can still coax them into blooming next spring. As long as the bulbs are still healthy, tulips,...

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Do Tulips Multiply?
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Do Tulips Multiply?

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Dec 10, 2019

Tulips are one of the most popular fall-planted flower bulbs; they bring gem-likecolor to the spring garden and also look fabulous as part of a spring bouquet. Tulips are easy...

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Can You Plant Flower Bulbs In The Spring?
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Can You Plant Flower Bulbs In The Spring?

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Dec 10, 2019

Flower bulbs are one of the easiest plants to grow - just pop them in the ground before the first frost in fall and wait for gorgeous blooms in spring. But...

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Best Time To Plant Flower Bulbs
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Best Time To Plant Flower Bulbs

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Dec 10, 2019

Flower bulbs in bloom are the highlight of the gardening year for many of us. Snowdrops, crocus, daffodils, tulips, hyacinth, and iris are all very easy to grow; the most important thing...

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