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Flower Bulbs And Garden Decor?
After a long winter there is nothing more lovely than a spring garden with decorative garden decor (glass gazing balls are a great addition). You want the beautiful spring bloom so here is what you need to do.
I'm going to suggest that you go ahead and plant your bulbs and ground phlox first thing in the fall. You
should also put some bulb fertilizer in each hole as you plant the bulbs-and pay attention to
what depth the instructions say to plant the bulbs. It is also a good idea to plant the bulbs in groups of 5 or 10
interspersed in such a way that other plants will hide their foliage as the bulbs start to
wither. If you go about willy-nilly style spreading them out here and there, they tend to make a pretty
home garden look like it doesen't belong.
In the spring after your daffodils and tulips have all bloomed it is important to not cut
out all the foliage. Considered ugly by uninformed people this cutting back will only hinder the new garden flower bulbs from
blooming next year. Wait until it turns yellow and then it should pull out or cut off easily
enough. In fact if it does not pull out of the ground easily then it is not ready to be cut
away or removed. All of the dead foliage will be making food for the following year's blooms. So just
disregard them until they are completly rotted.
It is also a good idea to put down some bulb fertilizer in the fall and spring over the areas where you have them planted. Doing this proves to keeps your bulbs plentiful from time to time. Daffodils are a good bulb choice as deer and squirrels seem fairly uninterested in them and
they slowly multiply year after year.
Tulips can be a disappointment!
After a few years they tend to stop blooming or the squirrels have stolen them or the deer have eaten them-they just kind of disappear.
Yes, grape hyacinth and scilla are both know to be precious little purplish flower bulbs, but they can spread to the
point of becoming a nuisance in your landscape...and, as you can probably guess, you should want to keep this in mind if introducing them. Be sure to have some recycled glass gazing balls and other decorative garden decor too!
Spring gardens should be thought out and started in the fall...just another reason why planning ahead is a big part of gardening.
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