http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/flower-garden-bulbs-blog.html Hi - this is the place to get all the latest gardening blog articles, gardening questions and answers and notices of photography posted on this site. en-us flower garden bulbs Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:06:57 GMT Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:06:57 GMT flower-garden-bulbs.com http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/ranunculus.html Ranunculus or Persianbuttercup is an interesting little bulb. You can see in the picture what this bulb looks like and the most important tip is before planting, try soaking the corms Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:06:57 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/daffodil-maintenance.html Daffodil maintenance is pretty straightforward and not something to get concerned or obsessed about. To begin with – get Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:36:50 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/ornithogalum-umbellatum-as-weed.html Is there any way known to man to get rid of this pest? The more I dig them out, the more I get. Doug says vigilance - total and constant vigilance. :-) Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:14:45 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/trimming-indoor-tulips-for-more-blooms.html I have a pot of tulips that i bought from the store. the blooms have withered, and ive been told to trim them to the bulb and they will grow more blooms. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:31:56 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/elephant-ear-bulb-rot.html My elephant ears have all rotted quite a bit on the bulbs. It is too early to plant them outside. How do I save what is left of the bulbs? Doug says Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:50:54 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/trumpetdaffodils.html Trumpet Daffodils - growing them is easy. They are very hardy bulbs that no pest eats (they taste really, really bad)... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:44:38 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/sowing-daffodil-seed.html My question is about sowing daffodil seed, I've been working in my daffodils again and trimming Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:44:37 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/planting-daffodils.html Planting daffodils is as easy as growing this amazing bulb. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:44:35 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/kingalfreddaffodils.html King Alfred Daffodils: Good news / bad news. If you’ve planted this daffodil in the last few years... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:44:35 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/forcing-daffodil.html Forcing daffodil bulbs means – like other spring blooming bulbs – that you have to prechill them to allow them to set flower buds Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:44:34 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/daffodil-transplanting.html Daffodil transplanting is one of those things we all want to do whenever the darn bulbs get too overcrowded or just happen to have become... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:44:33 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/daffodil-seed.html Daffodil seed isn’t all that rare and it isn’t all that hard to start. Here’s how. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:44:32 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/daffodil-planting.html Daffodil planting is as simple as putting the bulb in the ground. The trick (if there is one) is where to plant... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:44:32 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/daffodil-pictures.html This video will show you a series of daffodil pictures and expalin the different classes or kinds of daffodil flowers that you can grow in your your garden. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:44:31 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/daffodil-garden.html I thought you might this picture of my daffodil garden of interest. (it only shows about half the garden length) It was originally planted in fall of 2006 with approximately 125 daffodil bulbs. I note that each bulb only threw one bloom in the first year in this picture. In future years, the bulbs will get stronger and will throw multiple stems Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:44:30 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/daffodil-care.html Daffodil care is a pretty simple gardening thing as there are few pests that bother this plant. Given it is poisonous... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:44:30 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/buds-die.html Why do my daffodils buds die? They come up normally with a wonderful bud and then fail to open and die? I live along Lake Michigan in Door County, Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:44:28 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/organicflowerbulbs.html Growing organic flower bulbs is really pretty easy. The key is to use copious amounts of compost every fall (as much as you can put on your garden Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:30:06 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/nerine.html Nerine - growing it successfully... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:30:05 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/Ornithogalum-Chesapeake-Snowflake.html To brighten up our home I've bought a plant - the Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum Chesapeake Snowflake), which produced fantastic... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:30:04 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/galtonia-candicans.html Galtonia candicans is a South African native that likes a warm, well-drained soil. I’ve grown this more or less successfully... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:30:04 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/ornithogalum.html Ornithogalum is a bulb with several distinct reputations. In one corner are the bulb growers who tell us that... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:30:03 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/scilla.html Scilla is a large genus of bulbs in the lily family and there are more than 100 individual species. Not that you’ll... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:30:02 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/easterlilies.html What am I supposed to do with my Easter lilies once they have finished blooming indoors?. Can they go... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:30:01 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/crocus-rabbits.html My crocuses bloomed and then they were eaten by a wild rabbit. Is there Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:30:00 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/forceflowerbulbs.html There are several reasons to store bulbs so you can force flower bulbs. You just dug up the summer bulbs and want to store them... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:30:00 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/controlling-squirrels.html Controlling squirrels in the flower bulb garden is a major pain in the anatomy and here are a few things that work Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:29:59 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/bulb-thrips.html There are several different bulb Thrips species that bother our flower garden bulbs but luckily for most of us, a well fed... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:29:58 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/doubleearlytulips.html Double early tulips are the best of the doubles.They tend to bloom early in your tulip season but they have relatively short stems (10 to 12 inches) so they are not as susceptible to bad weather as later flowering doubles. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:29:57 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/ugly-tulips.html I have ugly tulips and I couldn't find in your many articles the answer to the following: I live in NS and my tulips were nipped by frost this spring. Now they are ugly. Can they be dug up now (June 3) and laid in a sunny area until the follage that didn't get hit, turns brown? Do I cut off the sad blooms? Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:29:56 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/agapanthus.html Agapanthus or African Lily is a South African member of the lily family and while it can become quite weedy in the South, in more northerly gardens, it is a choice bulb. The name comes from the Greek ‘agape’ meaning love and ‘anthos’ flower. The early explorers to South Africa brought back this bulb to Europe in the seventeenth century (1679 actually) Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:29:55 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/iris.html Growing iris in the bulb garden - some tricks and pics... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:29:55 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/oxalis.html Oxalis bulbs are fun things to grow and these particular ones are considered not garden hardy north of zone 7... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:29:53 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/spring-bulb-planting.html I have 2000 bulbs that were not able to get into the ground last fall. I NEED to get blooms on them for spring, they have been in a cool place. If I Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:40:49 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/where-to-store-bulbs-if-living-in-south-florida.html I don't have a cool place to store my bulbs in Florida The garage is way too hot and I don't have a cellar. What is your suggestion? Doug says the only Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:03:10 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/lily-flower-bulbs.html You’re not likely looking for a history of lily flower bulbs even though they do go back a long time in recorded history and have played a role in events as diverse as religion and wars. You likely just want to know what kinds of lilies there are and how to grow these beauties. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:14:38 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/growing-stargazer-lily.html here's how to grow the stargazer lily with pictures of the different varieties Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:14:08 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/bicolortulips.html Here’s a list of bicolor tulips or two color tulips that may be of assistance in choosing your bulbs for the coming year. Print it out... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:09 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/achimenes.html Achimenes is a fairly easy bulb to grow (even if it is a small one). Sometimes called “hot water plant” or “widow’s tears” it originally came to us from Central South America. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:08 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/growing-achimenes.html Growing Achimenes in containers is a perfect way to enjoy this very tender bulb for northern gardeners... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:08 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/tulip-history.html Tulip history is really a tale of empire building and while a short web page can never do this kind of sweeping history full justice, here are the bones of the stor Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:08 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/allium.html Allium or ornamental onions are fantastic spring blooming bulbs that more and more savvy gardeners are tucking into their gardens. What’s not to like about these cheerful bloomers? They are bone hardy if grown in well drained soil (sorry you clay garden folks – this is not your plant) and given a shovel of compost in the spring. They bloom regularly and if you control the early slugs, you are not likely to see any problems with this plant. And you have over 500 varieties to choose from – what could be better? Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:07 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/planting-spring-flower-bulbs.html Planting spring flower bulbs can be done at several times of the year. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:07 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/gardeningtips.html You're looking to ask a gardening question or get some gardening tips. And I'm really glad you've chosen my sites to do this. There are really 3 options to this process Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:05 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/growing-tigridia.html Growing Tigridia or Tiger Flower successfully means understanding its native spot and a few simple rules. It is a... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:04 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/freesia.html Freesia are frost-tender bulbs that are normally grown in greenhouses for the cut flower trade. Their delicious sweet... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:04 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/tulip-seed.html So you want to know what to do with tulip seed? Your tulip has developed a swelling seed pod and you’re curious about what this means for your garden Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:03 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/indoorbulbsstopblooming.html There are two schools of thought about what to do when your indoor bulbs stop blooming. The first... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:34:03 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/daffodils.html This is the main page for information about daffodils - the planting, growing, collecting, propagation and just about anything else you can think of. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:33:59 GMT http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com/tulips.html Tulips rank as the most popular bulb in the world if you go by the number grown and sold every year. (billions actually) And they do put on quite a show! It seems that while these sweethearts are in bloom, everybody wants to have them. 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