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Once the bulbs have chilled, plant them at the coolest time of the year, after the first frost but before the ground hard freezes. Check the directions on the bulb container. A few important ...
The bulb grows best in well-drained soil high in humus. It will grow in lightly shaded forest areas and on rocky outcrops as well as in open meadows or prairies. Additionally it is found growing alongside streams and rivers. The plants may be divided in autumn after the leaves have withered. Bulbs should be planted in the autumn.
In gardening, a "bulb" is a plant's underground or ground-level storage organ that can be dried, stored, and sold in this state, and then planted to grow again. Many bulbs in this sense are produced by geophytes – plants whose growing point is below ground level. However, not all bulbs in the gardening sense are produced by geophytes.
Flowering plant bulbs are planted beneath the surface of the earth. The bulbs need some exposure to cold temperatures for 12 to 14 weeks in order to bloom. [1] Flower bulbs are generally planted in the fall in colder climates. The bulbs go dormant in the winter but they continue to absorb water and nutrients from the soil and they develop roots ...
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The bulbs form multiple leaf-bearing bulbils that soon separate but remain close by. [3] Initially the plant forms 6–10 basal leaves , that arise in tufts from the bulbs. The leaves are grooved ( canaliculate ), smooth ( glabrous ) and linear with a white to light green linear midrib on the upper surface, and grow up to 30 centimetres (12 in ...
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