Grow Bulbs: Essential Know-how And Expert Advice For Gardening Success

by Stephanie Mahon

Overview

Brighten your garden all year round with a wide variety of bulbs.

Winter, spring, summer or autumn — this is the seasonal gardening guide to growing bulbs for you. If you’re a beginner gardener, you’ll find this gardening book filled with expert advice about when to plant, how to plant — and even how to grow your flowers indoors incredibly useful.

Gardening success is simple when you have the right guidance! This fuss-free book about gardening shows you how to grow more than 60 bulb varieties in various conditions. Inside, you’ll find: 


   • Practical gardening advice for first-time gardeners
   • Tips on household and indoor gardening 
   • Jargon-free guidance on the most interesting aspects of gardening
   • Ways to grow bulbs: Covering the definition of a bulb, planting bulbs, growing bulbs, lifting and storing
   • Low-cost gardening advice: Finding easy plants for free 
   • Caring for bulbs and combating common problems, pests and diseases
Ideal for first-time gardeners, this garden book is brimming with all you need to know about planting flowers at home. If year-round color and a fresh aroma quicken your gardener’s heart, then you will love planting and cultivating bulbs. Learn how to plant, care for and divide your seasonal blooms, create stunning gardening displays, including naturalistic drifts and eye-catching containers. Choose from a huge range of bulbs, corms and tubers with this gardening reference book's seasonal directory. 

Grow Bulbs explains which garden bulbs to plant now, plus how to keep them growing and happy! With practical, jargon-free know-how, this easy-to-use book has everything you need to know to help you plant and nurture selections like tulips, hyacinths, lily of the valley, freesia and peonies.

Expand your home garden through the DK Grow Series. Each book is packed with insights about growing various plants, vegetables, and fruit — and how to keep them flourishing. Add titles like Grow Easy Veg, Grow Eco-Gardening, and Grow Pest & Diseases to your book collection.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780744048032
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	03/15/2022
Series:	DK Grow
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	459,074
Product dimensions:	8.90(w) x 7.20(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Stephanie Mahon is an award-winning gardening writer and editor. She has written regular features for the Telegraph, Country Living, Home and Gardens, Gardens Illustrated, the Guardian, and the Sunday Times, among others, and is a two-time winner of Journalist of the Year by the Garden Media Guild. She is also the author of Grow Pruning & Training and Grow Herbs.

Table of Contents

Why Grow Bulbs? 006

Flowers All Year 008

Versatile Style 010

Blooms for Every Garden 012

Choosing and Planting 014

What is a Bulb? 016

Planting Bulbs 018

Growing Bulbs 020

Lifting and Storing 022

Easy Plants for Free 024

More Bulbs from One Bulb 026

Pests and Diseases 028

Ways to Grow 030

Mixed Beds and Borders 032

Bulbs in Containers 034

Naturalizing in Grass 036

Cool, Damp, and Shady Spaces 038

Hot, Dry, and Sunny Spaces 040

Indoor Bulbs 042

Good for Scent 044

Winter and Early Spring 046

Crocus Crocus 048

Cyclamen Coum Eastern Cyclamen 050

Eranthis Hyemalis Winter Aconite 051

Galanthus Snowdrop 052

Hippeastrum Amaryllis 054

Iris Reticulata Dwarf Iris 055

Narcissus Daffodil 056

Seasonal Schemes 058

Mid- to Late Spring 060

Camassia Camassia 062

Convallaria Majalis Lily of the Valley 063

Epimedium Barrenwort 064

Erythronium Dog's Tooth Violet 065

Fritillaria Fritillary 066

Hyacinthoides Non-Scripta English Bluebell 068

Hyacinthus Orientalis Hyacinth 069

Ipheion Uniflorum Spring Starflower 070

Lamprocapnos Bleeding Heart 071

Leucojum Snowflake 072

Muscari Grape Hyacinth 073

Polygonatum Solomon's Seal 074

Puschkinia Striped Squill 075

Scilla Squill 076

Trillium Wake Robin 077

Tulipa Tulip 078

Seaonal Schemes 080

Late Spring to Midsummer 082

Allium Allium 084

Anemone Windflower 086

Corydalis Fumewort 087

Dactylorhiza Orchid 088

Eremurus Foxtail Lily 089

Gladiolus Gladioli 090

Hemerocallis Day Lily 091

Iris Iris 092

Lilium Lily 094

Ornithogalum Star of Bethlehem 096

Oxalis Wood Sorrel 097

Paeonia Peony 098

Polianthes Tuberosa Tuberose 100

Ranunculus Asiaticus Persian Buttercup 101

Sparaxis Harlequin Flower 102

Zantedeschia Arum/Calla Lily 103

Seasonal Schemes 104

Mid- to Late Summer 106

Agapanthus African Lily 108

Alstroemeria Peruvian Lily 109

Begonia Begonia 110

Canna Canna Lily 111

Dierama Angel's Fishing Rod 112

Eucomis Pineapple Lily 113

Fressia Freesia 114

Galtonia Summer Hyacinth 115

Gladiolus Murielae Sword Lily 116

Gloriosa Superba Glory Lily 117

Ixia Corn Lily 118

Kniphofia Red Hot Poker 119

Liatris Spicata Blazing Star 120

Watsonia Bugle Lily 121

Seasonal Schemes 122

Late Summer and Fall 124

Acis Autumnalis Autumn Snowflake 126

x Amarine Amarine 127

Bessera Elegans Coral Drops 128

Colchicum and Crocus Speciosus Autumn Crocus 129

Crocosmia Montbretia 130

Cyclamen Hederifolium Ivy-Leaved Cyclamen 131

Dahlia Dahlia 132

Hesperantha Coccinea Schizostylis 134

Liriope Muscari Lily Turf 135

Nerine Nerine 136

Sternbergia Autumn Daffodil 137

Tricyrtis Toad Lily 138

Tulbaghia Violacea Society Garlic 139

Seasonal Schemes 140

Index 142

Acknowlegments 144