Grow Bulbs: Essential Know-how And Expert Advice For Gardening Success
144Grow Bulbs: Essential Know-how And Expert Advice For Gardening Success
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Overview
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.
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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