This week I'm planting the bulbs in two garden spots. In keeping with ten ways to enjoy your garden more, I'm planting the bulbs where I can see them from the front door and in the …
Fall bulbs
If you're thinking about ordering fall bulbs, read on for what I'm planting this year. Fall bulbs make great spring flowers. Scilla siberica, so tiny and so true …
Planting bulbs indoors and outside
Planting bulbs indoors and outside. That's what's happening at our Little Cedar Garden the past few weeks. That and continued storm cleanup. We removed most of the large limbs that …
Winter gardening with amaryllis and paperwhite bulbs
What does a red-dirt-garden girl do in winter, or even late fall while her garden gently sleeps? I can't speak for anyone else in red-dirt land, but I plant amaryllis and …
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Buy bulbs now for spring flowers
Buy bulbs now for spring flowers, but wait to plant them. In Oklahoma, I wait until around Thanksgiving or maybe even a little afterward to plant my bulbs. In fact, I pick …
Of hyacinth bulbs and rats
For those who read this blog regularly, you know I often force bulbs in winter to keep my gardening chops alive and kicking. Who am I kidding? I start bulbs in winter to keep …
Buy bulbs now before it’s too late
Consider this your bulb-buying reminder, nay warning. Now is the time to buy bulbs to plant for fall. If you want tulips, daffodils, purple hyacinths, blue chionodoxa, fritillaria …
How to force bulbs indoors
I was recently with a friend, Emma Jeffery from Hello Beautiful, and we started talking about how to force bulbs. Emma is originally from England, and she said, "Oh yes, Mum always …
Planting garden bulbs is an act of faith
"It is a greater act of faith to plant a bulb than to plant a tree . . . to see in these wizened, colourless shapes the subtle curves of the Iris reticulata or the tight locks of …
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Growing dahlias and other summer bulbs in Oklahoma
This week I picked out several dahlias for my garden. Summer bulbs and corms don't get the kind of press that fall-planted ones do, but they are bright in the spring and summer …
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Forcing bulbs in vintage bowls and other containers
For weeks, I've been mad about forcing, that process by which we coax bulbs to bloom indoors. Although I've done this for several seasons, I never really considered …
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Puttin’ on a show with summer bulbs
Well, you know how much I love spring-blooming bulbs right? My front garden is a kaleidoscope come Easter. A few years ago, I also discovered I have a penchant for summer …