Tips for Successful Bulb Care and Flower Growth

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Gardeners love bulbs because they are some of the easiest flowers to grow—when cared for correctly. Tulips, lilies, daffodils and dahlias are just a few of the most popular types of bulb flowers that gardeners place in their flower beds every season. Why are bulbs so popular? For one thing they grow quickly compared to [...]

Garden Tools That Make Planting Tulip Bulbs Easy

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Planting tulip bulbs, or any small bulb for that matter, does not need to be a hard back-breaking job. All you need is a few simple tools that will make planting your garden bulbs easy as pie. Trowel A trowel is a small hand-held shovel that is beneficial for planting tulip bulbs in small areas. [...]

Storing Tulip Bulbs for Winter

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Bulb growing season is over and it is now time to store your delicate bulbs for the winter. Storing tulip bulbs, or any bulbs for that matter is not all that hard, but it must be done a certain way so that you have healthy bulbs come spring time. Here are a few tips on [...]

How to Buy Tulip Bulbs

Buying tulip bulbs. Photo by Joe Shlabotnik.

With any project, it’s important to start with good quality materials. If you were going to build a house, for example, you wouldn’t buy substandard lumber. In the same way, it’s important to choose good quality tulip bulbs for your garden. But how can you tell the difference between a good quality bulb and a [...]