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It’s garlic season in our zone 5 garden. Garlic is one of the easiest vegetables to grow and a treat because you plant it in fall with tulips and other bulbs, protect it with a mulch, and then harvest the following summer. Harvesting is simple but the timing is important. Harvest garlic plants when 2 […]
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Watch this video on species tulips
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Learn how to protect your prized tulip and crocus bulbs from mice, voles and chipmunks from eating them after you plant in fall. By using bulbs that these rodents don’t like to eat, such as fritillaria, daffodils and alliums, and either not planting tulips and crocus or mixing the repellent bulbs with the tulips and […]
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Learn how to select and cut different types of annual, perennial and bulb cut flowers in the garden. Find out about how and when to cut the flowers, placing them in warm water and arranging them in vases indoors.
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In this podcast, learn how to grow Paperwhite narcissus and how to force them indoors for winter blooms If want to add some fragrant, holiday flowers to our home, grow paperwhite narcissus. Paperwhites are small flowered daffodils and feature fragrant flowers. The beauty of paperwhites is they’re easy to force into bloom indoors this time […]
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Listen to this podcast on how to grow Tiger Lilies. The Korean folk story goes that a hermit saw a tiger that was wounded by an arrow. The hermit helped the tiger by removing the arrow and they became friends. When the tiger died, the hermit used his magical powers to turn him into a […]
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Sun Requirements Bright indirect light and part shade is best, but some newer selections can take more sun. Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Caladiums are mostly grown for their colorful leaves and rarely flower. Mature Height x Spread 1 to 3 feet tall and wide, depending on the variety. Caladiums are subtropical bulbs that produce […]
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Sun Requirements Full sun in cold areas to part shade in warm areas. Bloom Period and Seasonal Color Blooms from summer to fall Mature Height x Spread 12 to 24 inches tall Calla lilies (Zantedeschia) are a subtropical bulb (rhizome) that is hardy in USDA zone 8 to 10. In those areas it will overwinter […]
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Learn how to force spring flowering bulbs, such as tulips, in a container to bloom in winter. Information includes layering bulbs in the container for maximum flower time, when to plant, caring for the container, what soil to use and how to overwinter the pot. Transcript Fall is planting time for spring flowering bulbs. A […]
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Learn how to grow Dutch iris and other small iris types. Listen to podcast: This spring flowering bulb is native to drier regions of Iran, Iraq and Turkey. While we know it’s taller and later blooming cousins very well in the garden, bulb iris grow a little bit differently. There are two common types of […]
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Learn how to overwinter common garden bulbs such as gladiolus and dahlias. Listen to podcast: With our warm, dry summer and fall the subtropical bulbs have been putting on a show. Canna lilies, dahlias, gladiolus, 4 O clocks and other tender bulbs have been growing strong. But with the first frosts of the season rolling […]
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Learn about fritillara bulbs, including varieties how to plant and grow them. Listen to Podcast: This uncommon bulb came to us, as many other bulbs have, from Persia and Turkey. It was grown in the imperial court in Vienna in the 1500s. It was said the flower’s shape resembled an imperial crown. Hence the common […]
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