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Bulbs are an easy way to create a perennial garden, and, once established, most bulbs require only minimal care. Depending on the species of flower bulb and your local climate, bulbs may be planted in the spring, summer or fall, and determining the best time to plant your bulbs will help ensure success for your garden. more »
Spring-flowering bulbs like daffodils and tulips are easy to grow in pots. Plant them in fall at the same time as you'd put bulbs in the ground. Here's how to create containers of showstoppers for your patio, deck and porch. more »
Thomas Jefferson has been called America's greatest gardener. His Virginia mountaintop home, Monticello, covered about 5,000 acres. Jefferson had a lifelong interest in agriculture and botany. His famous gardens developed from plants brought from Europe, from expeditions that he sponsored and from native American plants. Bring the... more »
There are many families of bulbs that bloom in summer with many subvarietals in each. Among the most well known of summer-blooming bulbs are gladiolus, dahlias, liatris, lily, alliums, Japanese iris and begonias. Bulbs intended for summer bloom should be planted out in the spring after the last threat of night frost has passed. In... more »
Flowering bulbs come in thousands of varieties, and optimal planting times are dictated by their specific needs to properly break dormancy and set bloom. In the Utah climate, you must decide whether bulbs are appropriate for fall or spring planting. Cold hardy bulbs, which survive or even require extended cold periods to set the bloom... more »
Spring, summer, and fall flowers grow from bulbs that you can plant in containers or in your...
Creating a garden filled with plants and flowers from exotic bulbs like amaryllis and oxalis may...
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There is nothing more beautiful than the brilliant colors of spring flowers. Flowers grown from bulbs are no exception. The purples of crocuses,... more »
Lilies are one of the most popular flowers in the world. With their sweet scent and showy flowers in many colors, lilies are a favorite in the... more »
Daffodils are the early birds of the garden. Tiny yellow or white buds can be seen popping up through the snow in early spring. Daffodils are a... more »
Bulbs, corms, tubers and rhizomes are perennial plants that are part of a plant type called bulbous plants in which part of the plant has evolved... more »
Spring-flowering bulbs such as daffodils, tulips and hyacinths are generally planted in fall. Here's how to do it right and ensure a wonderfully... more »
Emily Dickinson was an American poet (1830-1886) born in Amherst, Massachusetts. She was a prolific private poet and wrote over 1700 poems though... more »
Nothing signals the beginning of spring like the first appearance of color popping out of a barren landscape. To achieve this awe-inspiring spring... more »
Plan for a festive spring yard by planting tulip and daffodil bulbs in the fall. Spend a few hours outside planting bulbs on a few weekends and... more »
The best time to plant bulbs is in the cool fall season. Bulbs provide you landscape with a recurring color that no other plant seems to provide.... more »
Few pleasures in life are so simple as surrounding yourself with flowers, indoors and out. Great satisfaction comes when your vases... more »
Don' t plant those bulbs yet. Just because they arrive in retail stores doesn't mean its time to plant them. Nurseries and retailers begin selling... more »
As the leaves fall off the trees and the cold weather starts moving in, many people get geared up for winter. While it is natural to focus on the... more »
Daffodils get their genus name of Narcissus from the Greek myth of the same name. Narcissus was a handsome young Greek man who was quite enamored... more »
Landscaping a yard with a beautiful flower garden takes an artistic view and a vast knowledge of flora. Displaying a full season flower garden... more »
Daffodils are flowering bulbs. They often have bright yellow flowers and long green leaves. An old rhyme goes, "Daffodowndilly has come to town,... more »
Narcissus ()Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607 is the botanic name for a genus of mainly hardy, mostly spring-flowering, bulbs in the Amaryllis family native to Europe, North Africa, and Asia. There are also several Narcissus species that bloom in the autumn. Though Hortus Third "Hortus"> Hortus Third, Staff of The L.H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, 1976, pp. 754-756. (Macmillan Publishing Company, NY, NY; ISBN 0-02-505470-8) cites 26 wild species, Daffodils for North American Gardens"DaffsNA"> Daffodils For North American Gardens, Brent and Becky Heath, 2001, (Bright Sky Press, Albany, TX; NY, NY; ISBN 0-9704729-7-8) cites between 50 and 100 excluding species variants and wild hybrids. Through taxonomic and genetic research, it is speculated that over time this number will probably continue to be refined."GardenOpus">GardenOpus Daffodil is a common English name, sometimes used now for all varieties, and is the chief common name of horticultural prevalence used by the American Daffodil Society."ADS"/> The range of forms in cultivation has been heavily modified and extended, with new variations available from specialists almost every year.
Etymology & morphology
There are two derivations of the name. One is that of the youth of Greek mythology called Narcissus, who, in at least one of many variations of the tale, became so obsessed with his own reflection as he kneeled and gazed into a pool of water that he fell into the water and drowned. In some variations, he died of starvation and thirst from just sitting by the edge of the pool until he gave out, gazing at his reflection until he died. In both versions, the Narcissus plant first sprang from where he died. The other derivation is that the plant is named after its narcotic properties (narkao, to numb in Greek).
There are several plurals in common use: "Narcissuses", "Narcissi", and "Narcissus". This last is common in American English but is very rare in British usage. The A read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissus+(plant)
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