General information and discussion about cultivating fruit-bearing plants, trees, flowers and ornamental plants.
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Because of my climate, most fall bulbs are treated as annuals. I have to refrigerate them for six weeks, I plant them, they bloom, and I pull them out. So my bulbs aren't in the ground nearly as long as yours are. That being said, the bulbs I have right now are planted along the perimeter of the tomato plant bed. That is because the tomato plants go into the ground around the 1st of March and the daffodils, etc., may still be blooming, however, by the time the tomato plants are of any appreciable size, I will have pulled out the bulbs. Congratulations on being the mayor of Weed City.
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Donna, Zone 9, Texas Gulf Coast Last edited by SpookyShoe; December 25, 2018 at 10:09 PM. |
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https://www.gardensalive.com/product...of-your-tulips
This link says not to plant over your tulip bulbs. At the end of the article, the author states that he applies the advice for tulips to all spring bulbs. Maybe others will chime in with advice.
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Donna, Zone 9, Texas Gulf Coast Last edited by SpookyShoe; December 26, 2018 at 08:51 PM. |
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i have iris from the house i grew up in. i transplant them where ever i live. they are a medium purple, and smell like grapes. they were at the house when my folks bought it in the 1950s. i like them.
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Plant nothing over the bulbs? Then I'd have an empty bed begging for weeds from June to next March.
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I thought it sounded like a lot of work to have to lift all your bulbs every year and then replant them again every year. I'm sure sooner or later somebody in the know will come up with some good ideas for planting over bulbs.
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Nan, considering how many naturalised daffodils, jonquils, ixias and other bulbs I see along road sides and in paddocks where there used to be houses, I think that you can definitely get away with a light groundcover or annuals, particularly as you are not feeding or watering that area
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I bought three bulbs at Wal-Mart in October. All were labeled "Minerva," a red and white bi-color. Two of the bulbs turned out to be "Picotee," and 1 of the bulbs turned out to be a red/white color which doesn't look exactly like Minerva. Oh well, all of the plants are pretty.
Nan, when your hundreds of bulbs bloom next year, you must post pictures here, please.
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Donna, Zone 9, Texas Gulf Coast Last edited by SpookyShoe; December 27, 2018 at 10:16 AM. |
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The next of the gladioli to flower, another nice red. still two to flower. They have suffered a bit with some of the heat we have been having, but overall not to badly.
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Stunning!
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Got home from work and found another one out. The one that I thought might not flower has a spike clearly showing
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As a result of the 110F day we had on Friday, the Gladioli are showing some damage.
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Whoops helps to add photos
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Wow, nice to see gladiolus being cultivated. Few people in the US seem to grow them, maybe because they’re so associated with funeral arrangements.
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