by Dewan Golam Shafi Choudhury

Created on: July 01, 2010   Last Updated: July 04, 2010

During the start of spring, we find these wonderful spring flowers that bloom from nowhere. They spend a year under the soil until they awake at the right season. With plenty of bloom and beauty for a short while, they return to their resting place. Even though they become unattractive after their flowers have died, they are still an attraction for a landscape. You may also want to adopt them for your garden and wish for a bloom. But do you know how to care for them. It can certainly be a question for the new gardeners who have never planted flower bulbs before. So let’s read below and find out.

1) The early period!

To grow flower bulbs, it is always best to plant them in groups because singular planting isn’t as attractive. Buy 10-40 flower bulbs depending on the size of your landscape. During early spring, think about where you would want to create a bed for your flowers. Prepare it with good, rich compost filled with nutrients and just add an annual bunch of flowers for the summer. This way can allow you to reduce the growth of weeds because they will only ruin the look of your bed and eat up all the nutrients in the compost that your flowers will need.

2) The best time to plant your flower bulbs!

After summer ends comes to an end and during the early stages of Autumn, plant your flower bulbs. November is the best time to plant because this gives time for the bulbs to cool and develop. They are likely to bloom before the rest of nature awakes. Make sure you they are planted on a sunny day as the soil will be most comforting. You also need to determine how much sunshine your flowers will receive throughout spring because a little too much will kill the flowers too quickly.

3) Planting your flower bulbs!

For large bulbs, plant them in a depth of 8 inches and another 2-3 inches apart. For smaller sized bulbs, a depth of 4 inches is suitable and 1-2 inches apart. Do sprinkle some bulb fertilizer as well as some mulch which helps retain soil moisture and stops growing weeds in your garden.

4) Caring for your flower bulbs!

If you want your flowers to bloom again next year, cut the flowers off when they start withering as this helps energy loss. The bulb uses too much energy in trying to produce seeds instead of storing that energy during the year for the coming bulb next spring.

Conclusion

Don’t fiddle around with the leaves of the plant. They need to absorb food from the sun’s rays and use that to store energy for next year. Overall, your flower bulbs can now enjoy a year round blooming life enjoyment and you enjoy the beauty of your garden. There are three perennial plants that you can have a stumble upon for your garden. Learn about the Three Perennial Plants now!

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