Flower Bulbs are Good for Spring Gardens


by Gail Leino - Date: 2006-12-18 - Word Count: 313 Share This!

Lots of people like to give flower bulbs to their friends and family as a gift over the holiday season. It may seem strange to give bulbs during the cold months because obviously the plants aren't going to grow outside, but many kinds of bulbs can be grown in planters inside and even make great early spring plants. Bulbs are a perennial flower that comes back years after years from the genetic information stored in the root bulb. Often these are the earliest flowering plants to come out in the spring and make very pretty plants to place in the garden just when it starts warming up outside.

Bulbed plants are Daffodils, Paperwhites, Tulips, Crocus, Hyacinths, Amaryllis, and Narcissus. There are lots of other kinds of bulbs but these are just the most popular. In the wintertime you can force bulbs in pots to add some cheerful abundance to a room, which is why they make very popular gifts to give to those with a green thumb.

In order to force a bulb you can usually place them in a container filled with a medium such as vermiculite or small pebbles and fresh water. If you like you can add a fertilizer to the water to help the bulb with its growth. It may take a little while for the bulb to start but in a week or two you should see the first shoots of green from the bulb. In another week there should be a couple of tall green shoots and in the third week you should be seeing the first blooms starting to appear. Those who are willing to take good care of their bulbs and have a little bit of know how concerning plants can keep their bulbs blooming throughout the entire winter. When spring comes they can plant their bulbs in the ground and have early spring flowers each year.


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