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[gardeningloverfamily]

The Best Way to Plant Bulbs for Vibrant Spring Blooms

Discover expert tips for planting flower bulbs to ensure a burst of color in your garden next spring. Learn how to correctly prepare soil, position bulbs, and care for them during fall to guarantee healthy blooms when the season changes.

Planting bulbs in the fall is the key to achieving vibrant spring blooms. Follow these steps to give your garden the best start:

Choose the Right Bulbs: Select healthy, firm bulbs like tulips, daffodils, crocuses, or hyacinths.

Pick the Perfect Spot: Look for a sunny or partially shaded area with well-drained soil.

Prepare the Soil: Loosen the soil and add compost for better drainage and nutrients.

Plant at the Right Depth: The general rule is to plant bulbs at a depth 2-3 times their height. For example, a 2-inch bulb should be planted 4-6 inches deep.

Position Correctly: Place bulbs pointy side up to ensure proper growth.

Space Them Out: Leave enough space between bulbs (about 3-6 inches) for healthy root development.

Water Well: Give the bulbs a good soak after planting to help them settle.

Mulch for Protection: Add a layer of mulch to protect the bulbs from frost.

Wait for Spring: Let the bulbs rest during winter for their roots to develop.

With these steps, your bulbs will reward you with colorful blooms that brighten your garden when spring arrives!

[bionicbasil]

Are you ready to plant some tulips with Parsley? #gardening #tulipbulbs #cats

Are you ready to plant some tulips with Parsley? #gardening #tulipbulbs #cats

[number0seven]

@goodgym @goodgymtowerhamlets are usually near the front of the line when it comes to good causes, with members looking for any excuse to support communities. I popped along to join Friends of Tower hamlets Cemetery Park for a drop in session at Shandy Park to pot, plane and help create a new wildflower meadow. It’s a location I have been frequenting since my secondary school days and I have been a regular at the Shahjalal Mosque for Friday Jumuah prayers for over ten years. Because of the size of the current temporary portacabin structure it has been difficult to fit in all worshippers and many pray outside in the park, very nice in the summer, not so much in the winter. I do love it all year round though. With the community gardeners, both young and old, all out in force and helping with planting bulbs I hope the Mosque visitors who pray outside, join regular park users and get to experience the delights of this new meadow before the new build is completed and accommodates everyone indoors. This activity is also supported by Nature and Us and all tools and equipment was provided to provide a great experience. It was really nice to see some of the home schooling parents join us for the lunch shift This is my type of activity, outdoors, quick and impactful. I loved planting a whole load of snow drops. Grasses and bulbs. It’s always a pleasure to bump into Ken and I’ll be back. Well done on the super work you do to engage the community. The community are in for a real treat with this one. #goodgym #goodgymtowerhamlets #goodgymmission #goodgymday #plantingbulbs #plantingsnowdrops #snowdrops #wildmeadow #meadw #shandypark #meadow #team #teamwork #gardener #gardening #guerillagardening #volunteergardener #volunteering #theanfieldtourist #thewanderinglondoner (at Shandy Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWqjdofstzP/?utm_medium=tumblr

[heritageartifacts]

Hours after a soaking rain, when the earth is soft and pliable and smells of minerals and dark dreams, dozens of iris are buried neck deep, to be born again in spring. Seducer, Sheri Sherbert and Savoy Jazz are interspersed with Aphrodite, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mrs. George Darwin, (see a pattern here?). More than 250 species of iris are known, and thanks to Mother Nature’s inherent eye for beauty, many of these are natural hybrids. Both bulbs and creeping rhizomes (think ginger root) are raised by a couple in Ontario who offer an overwhelming number of types, sending out descriptive listings of their iris children with luscious photographs in an orgasm of colors. Indeed, these flowers’ attributes are worthy of a Mapplethorpe exhibit at his most decadent. How to choose? Iris takes its name from a Greek goddess who rode rainbows. - Orange daylillies are as abundant as mosquitoes on this island. Several locals, including one woman who raises lilies for a living, told me not to bother buying them from her, instead recommending I take shovel to earth on federal lands. “You’d be doing ‘em a favor! The clumps of lilies need to be divided and separated in order to blossom, just like my husband from his fishing buddies, eh!” - Bulbs and plants are tucked around the yard’s perimeter on the edge of a forest, in unkempt grasses and under rangy wild lilacs where it would appear as if they emerged by chance, as casually as birds shat seeds. - Without a firm understanding (understatement) of what the world will look like come late next spring, I have the steadying assurance of flowers. The promise buried in that perennial bulb is for the years ahead, for my own enjoyment and for those who gaze upon them after I’ve departed. I plant bulbs every year, no matter my address. In rented apartments and cottages and owned homes, I’ve littered boxes on fire escapes and in yards and fields with daffodils and tulips, crocus and bluebells and hyacinth, iris and lily. Regardless of the strife and upheaval outside my door, I always know beauty lies ahead. Grace and hope bloom eternal. - #canada #plantingbulbs #gardening #havegloveswilltravel (at Prince Edward County, Ontario) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFH84rxHiPx8WC3T61PiWTqVF77hH6qfr20E5A0/?igshid=mr4xrtg1ql75

[lindavater]

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🍃🌳🍃Good morning all! I’ve been potting up the last of my @colorblends bulbs with the help of Goose my grandpup and this fab new #worbench I just bought from @homedepot. I needed a large work surface for just these kind of projects...and also something good looking enough to use as a bar or #sideboard for entertaining. This one set me back only about ninety dollars with a little sweat equity to put it together. I gave it several coats of polyurethane to help waterproof the surface and plan to put on 2” castors for easy mobility. It will remain outside mostly on my driveway, so I’ll cover it with a tarp when not in use. What do you think?? #lindavater #multitasking #outdoorentertaining #pottingbench #workspacegoals #pottingshed #plantingbulbs #gardenliving #gardenlifestyle #gardenlifestyle #gardeners #topiary #flowerbulbs #alfresco (at Crown Hts. - Edgemere Hts., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)