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How to Choose Summer-Blooming Bulbs

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Summer-flowering bulbs like begonias, gladiolus and dahlias can provide season-long color. Here's how to choose the best ones for your garden... more »

How to Divide and Replant Snowdrops

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Snowdrops (Galanthus) bloom in late winter to early spring. This flowering plant grows naturally in the woodlands. These hardy perennials produce white flowers, usually one per plant, that bloom downwards. Snowdrops propagate by seed but the best ... more »

How to Get Lily of the Valley Flowers to Bloom

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Lily of the Valley is typically a partial shade to shade perennial flower bulb, planted in soil outside. It has a blooming season of May-June... more »

How to Grow a Surprise Lily

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The surprise lily (Lycoris squamigera) blooms in August when few others plants are providing color to the garden. In early spring daffodil-like leaves emerge briefly and wilt. Several weeks later, the gardener is "surprised" to see lilac-pink, ... more »

How to Grow Colchicums

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After the summer plants have lost their bloom, the fall plants begin their glory. The colchicum is among the glorious plants of fall. It's considered the autumn crocus, although they aren't of the same family. Colchicums are actually related to ... more »

How to Grow Japanese Irises

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Japanese iris, or beardless iris, bloom later than their bearded counterparts and the flowers are usually huge, flat in form and ruffled. The Japanese iris is a must for that water garden's edge. It's their nature to thrive in watery areas, and ... more »

How to Grow Plants to use as Gifts

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Growing plants to use as gifts is something that anyone can do. Flowering plants make great gifts. They’re pretty, may have a nice fragrance and can be planted for lasting enjoyment. Some of the best of these come from bulbs, which are fairly ... more »

How to Grow South African Flower Bulbs

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Several different flowers grow from South African bulbs, including the popular Naked Lady, Green Goddess, Babiana, and Carneus. South African flower bulbs are hardy to 10 degrees, so they do well in most areas. Hummingbirds and butterflies are ... more »

How to Grow Stargazing Lilies

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The basics of getting Stargazer Lilies to grow and bloom in your yard... more »

How to Learn Garlic Varieties

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Garlic is classified in two separate groups known as the hard-necked garlic (Ophioscorodon) and soft-necked garlic (Allium Sativum). The hard-necked garlic is the oldest and purest garlic, while the soft-necked garlic have been cultivated and ... more »

How to Plan a Perennial Garden

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Planting a flower garden can be a lot of work and requires careful planning... more »

How to PLant a Daffodil, Tuilp, or Crocus Bulb

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Planting any bulb is quite simple wether its a Daffodil, Tulip or Crocus. Ensure the soil is well drained before planting and you should be ok.. more »

How to Plant a Tulip Bulb

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Tulips are a great choice to liven up your garden and add a splash of color. Many varieties of tulips exist to give you the color and look you desire. Tulip bulbs are usually planted in the fall season (October through December), but this time ... more »

How to Plant Alliums

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If you want one of the biggest thrills that a gardener can have, try growing a giant ornamental allium. When it blooms, it's a perfect sphere of deep lilac flower that sits atop a tall stem. The best part of it is the ease in growing the plant... more »

How to Plant Canna Cleopatra Bulbs

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Canna lilies are a very easy plant to grow and care for. They only need water and some pest repellant. You can grow Canna lilies, including the Canna Cleopatra most easily from bulbs, and the plants will then multiply very rapidly. Follow these ... more »

How to Plant Canna Durban Bulbs

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The Durban Canna is a showy plant with vibrant red flower stalks that grow up to 10 feet in height. This plant can be a garden saver as it flowers in the heat of the middle and late summer in zones 7 through 10 when most other flowering plants ... more »

How to Plant Canna Pretoria Bulbs

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The Canna Pretoria bulb, also known as Bengal Tiger, produces a 6-foot tall flower stalk topped with bright yellow-orange flowers. Its leaves are a variegated stripe of yellow and green. The plant is at home when in the garden or in pots and is ... more »

How to Plant Canna Robert Kemp Bulbs

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The Canna Robert Kemp is a showy, tall late spring bloomer with yellow or red to mauve flowers and shiny, smooth green leaves. In optimum conditions it reaches 6 to 8 feet in height with a two to three foot spread. Hardy in zones 8 through 11, it ... more »

How to Plant Crocosmia Carmine Brilliant Bulbs

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Crocosmia Carmine Brilliant bulbs produce a carmine, or bluish red, flower with purple and green leaves. The Crocosmia Carmine Brilliant grows to about two feet tall and thrives in full to partial sun in zones 6 through 10. The Crocosmia Carmine ... more »

How to Plant Crocosmia Emily Mckenzie Bulbs

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Crocosmia Emily McKenzie flowers are a beautiful orange flower that attracts hummingbirds very well. You grow these flowers from a bulb, which you can buy from many different distributors. Follow these steps to grow Crocosmia Emily McKenzie bulbs ... more »

How to Plant Crocosmia George Davidson Bulbs

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The Crocosmia George Davidson bulb produces a plant that blooms from late summer into fall. Crocosmia George Davidson flowers are usually a deep yellow and shaped like stars. They appear on slender, glossy stems and make excellent cut flowers. ... more »

How to Plant Incarvillea Bulbs

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Incarvillea, or Hardy Gloxinia, bulbs produce pink to light pink tube-like flowers and fern like leaves. Flowers appear in clusters of six to 10 blooms in early Spring. Incarvillea grows to be 18 to 24 inches tall. The plant is effective in ... more »

How to Plant Ismene Fall Bulbs

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Ismene fall, or Spider Lily, bulbs produce summer blooms that are six to eight inches across. The spidery or star shape gives the flowers an exotic appearance. Flowers range from white to pink and the flower stalks grow up to two feet. The Ismene ... more »

How to Plant Kniphofia Bulbs

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Kniphofia, or Torch Lily, bulbs usually produce a tall cone of tube-like flowers in bright red, but flowers can range from cream, yellow, apricot and orange to light green. The plant flowers from summer to early autumn, but the flowering season ... more »

How to Plant Nerine Fall Bulbs

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Nerine bulbs produce a single stem 14 to 20 inches high with clusters of long, delicate looking tubular flowers. The Nerine is also known as Cape Flower, Guernsey Lily and Japanese Spider Lily. The bulb tolerates drought-like conditions but ... more »

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