| Flower bulbs can produce some amazing
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| | bulbs regardless of how well you prepare
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| flowers throughout the whole year for
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| | the soil. Flower bulbs will readily rot
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| little care and effort once planted.
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| | where the soil holds water and is soggy.
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| This yearly display can start with the
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| | Whatever spot you pick be sure it allows
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| earliest flowering bulbs in the spring
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| | your flower bulbs to be in full sun. As
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| such as snowdrops and crocus and proceed
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| | most spring-flowering bulbs come up
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| into winter with bulbs forced indoors to
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| | before the trees have their leaves, it
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| bloom. These you can see available in
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| | may not be as great a concern for them.
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| stores around Christmas time.
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| | It is certainly a consideration when
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| For this article we will discuss flower
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| | planting summer-flowering bulbs. Keep
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| bulbs as being most of the group of
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| | this in mind when planting near
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| flowers that grow from enlarged
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| | evergreens and man-made structures.
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| underground masses that store food over
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| | Some flower gardeners prefer to use bulbs
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| the winter for the plant. In another
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| | to "naturalize" an area. To do this, you
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| article we will address the actual
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| | simply dig a hole big enough and deep
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| differences among all such "bulbs".
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| | enough for the bulb you are planting.
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| Flower bulbs, if planted in a bed, need a
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| | You can also dig a hole big enough to
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| soil that has good drainage. A sandy
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| | hold four or five bulbs at a time. Put a
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| loam soil is ideal but bulbs will do well
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| | little bulb fertilizer in the hole, place
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| in just about anything short of cold clay
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| | your bulbs in, replace the soil removed
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| soil, soggy spots and very rocky ground.
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| | and cap with the sod you removed in
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| Even amongst the rocks you can find
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| | making the hole.
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| pockets to plant some of the smaller
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| | And lastly the rule of thumb for planting
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| flower bulbs. Adding plenty of organic
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| | flower bulbs is three times as deep as
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| matter always helps your soil as we have
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| | the bulb is big. You may wish to
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| mentioned in other articles.
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| | consider planting some bulbs even deeper.
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| Some expert gardeners suggest a flowerbed
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| | Barbara Damrosch of Theme Gardens fame
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| where the bulbs will be planted should be
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| | prefers to plant her bulbs, especially
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| prepared to a depth of two feet. This
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| | tulips and daffodils, deeper at ten
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| allows you to plant even the largest of
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| | inches. She prefers this to keep them
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| bulbs to a good depth. But if the
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| | from sprouting in the fall, being worked
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| location is a low spot to which all other
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| | out of the ground by the freezing and
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| areas drain, and it holds water, this
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| | thawing of it, and also to help protect
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| will not be a good spot to plant your
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| | the bulbs from being eaten by animals.
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