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Gardening Bulbs-Helpful Hints Of The Planting Flower Bulbs That Will Blossom In Summer

If you want your garden blooming from June to October, you need to plant gardening bulbs, bulbotubers and tubers in spring, when there is no danger of the night and light morning frost. It is possible to plant bulbs till the end of May.

Bulbs like sunny areas, so you need to plant bulbs in those areas of your garden, and if you plant bulbs in flowerpots, you should keep them in sunny spots of the garden.

There are few options of planting bulbs. One of the most convenient of them is using special garden tools, like bulb planter with short or long handle. As usual, you will follow the rule, which says that gardening bulb must be planted in a depth, twice the size of its height. For example, you need to make a hole of 10 centimeters deep for bulb with the height of 5 centimeters.
There is an exception of this rule: Dahlia bulbs and few others types of bulbs should be planted closer to the surface of the soil. And it is a good idea to check instructions on the bulb package before planting.

Smaller bulbs should be planted in a distance of about 10 centimeters from one another. For Gladiolus bulbs planting distance is 12 centimeters, for Lily bulbs this distance is 30 centimeters, and for Dahlia bulbs planting distance is 40 centimeters. If you want to have dense flower bed, it is possible to plant bulbs closer to each other.

Before planting you need to make soil light, and after this, you should make it even. Summer gardening bulbs can be planted in any kind of soil with the condition that the soil has good drainage.
If you have heavy clay soil, it is recommended, that you mix the top layer of it with the sand or compost. You may use garden or peat soil for flower pots.

After you have planted you bulbs, you need to water them immediately, because summer bulbs need big amount of water. Plentiful watering is important for growing roots faster. It is important to keep soil in wet condition in this time of the year. But you should remember that very wet top layer of the soil is good breeding ground for the weeds.

Also you need to know that it is not recommended to sprinkle gardening bulbs and flowers with cold water in the hot summer weather, because plants can fall into the "shock state" and will not be able to assimilate the moisture and nutrients; also this will increase probability of the burns on the leaves. In order to avoid moisture evaporation you should water the planted flower bulbs and flowers during early morning or evening time.

It is good to know about importance of the colour composition and you need to select it correctly. For example, you may make composition from 20 bulbs of Anemone, 9 bulbs of Tiger Lily, 3 bulbs of Dahlia. You will get very nice colour spectrum in one close area of the garden if you plant Begonia with parviflorous sorts of Dahlia.

It will make your garden more interesting when you grow flowers with different heights. If you decide to experiment with the flowers of different height, you may want to plant Gladiolus or Lily in the foreground of the bushes and other tall plants. This will emphasize the brightness of the flowers. Low flowers, like Begonia and Oxalis are looking nice if planted among other low perennials.

About the Author

Andy Thomas is an enthusiast and professional gardener who enjoys not only working with flowers but also loves helping people to create beautiful gardens by sharing his knowledge. You will find many pages of helpful recommendations about gardening bulbs, useful tips, techniques and professional advices how to plant, grow and look after your bulbous flowers, ideas about garden designs when you visit Gardening Bulbs Master

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