Welcome To My Flower Bulb Site



Welcome to my bulb site - I'm Doug Green, a semi-retired nurseryman, book author and plant-lover and I love sharing pictures and tips on how to grow some of my favorite plants.

I've covered all the common bulbs on this site and I'm uploading more and more every week to give you a real sense of how you can keep your garden in bloom all summer long just with bulbs. Fun stuff!

I invite you browse the site and sign up for updates (top right hand corner) so you'll be notified when I post new pictures and articles.

Finally, thanks for visiting and I hope you'll share you experiences with bulbs in the comments section on each page. Tell us what works for you or doesn't work well.

Other Featured Articles of Interest

Canna Panache

Canna Lily Flower Bulbs

Canna lily flower bulbs are superb summer bloomers because they can either be grown in containers or in the open garden. Between the textured and often coloured leaves and the exotic flowers, they make a lot of “show” for very little effort. While they often bloom for most of the year in their native tropics, more »

daffodil seed pod

Collecting and Starting Daffodil Seed

Daffodil seed isn’t all that rare and it isnt all that hard to start. Heres how. To begin with, species daffodils can be pollinated and produce seed. You’ll recognize the seed pods as lumpy -well pods -that turn harder and brown after the flowers have faded. Where is the seed pod? The pod will be more »

Landscape Lilium Allium

Asiatic Lilies

Asiatic lilies are a hybrid lily originating in Oregon in the mid 1900′s. The main feature of this lily is its up-facing or horizontal facing flowers. These lilies are the main variety now used for cut flowers because of their upright flower habit and long straight stems. They are also one of the heaviest flowering more »

Thrips_nymph

Bulb Thrips – An Almost Unseen Flower Pest

There are several different bulb Thrips species that bother our flower garden bulbs but luckily for most of us, a well fed (compost) and adequately watered garden (mulch) will make the bulbs healthy enough that most attacks aren’t a major problem. I note that the recommendation to feed and water your bulbs is taken straight more »

muscari armeniacum

Muscari

Muscari or grape hyacinth are members of the lily family and there are about 30 species of grape hyacinth, some hardy and some fairly tender. Luckily for us, most are from Asia minor and are quite hardy. Planting The bulb should be planted in full sun to partial shade to encourage good blooming (and the more »