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- Latest post made by GadgetGirl Boettcher at Sep 20 08:45 UTC
What kind of exposure around the yard or near the house is ideal?
Plant in Fall or Spring?
Steve Basile
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5 pledges already, only 20 more to make it a go! http://www.thepoint.com/campaigns/daffidols-for-standish-ericsson-neighborhood If you are interested in joining, but have never planted bulbs, just dig a 4-6 inch deep hole and drop them in. I like to dig up one area efficiently with a shovel and stick them all close together and then bury all at once. Done in a few minutes. Steve Basile wrote: > What kind of exposure around the yard or near the house is ideal? > Dafs grow pretty much anywhere. Next the house with spring sun, they'll poke out early which is kind of nice. > Plant in Fall or Spring? > Most bulbs, such as dafs and tulips you plant in the spring. Cheers, Steven Clift > Steve Basile > <email obscured> > > > > > Steve Basile > Standish, Minneapolis > Info about Steve Basile: http://forums.e-democracy.org/p/stevebasile > > This topic's messages may be viewed at: http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/topic/5Yf10AC6eDLz8VpWuB5Rip
Tulips and daffodils are only planted in the fall. They need the freezing cycle
to bloom in spring. Since they come up before the trees leaf out you can plant
them almost anywhere. They do like lots of sun, but again since the trees are
not leafed out yet when these bloom you have a great amount of area to choose
from. I have also found if you plant them near the foundation of your house
they come up earlier than in other areas of your yard since the foundation
makes the zone 1-2 zones warmer.
I have also found that you can plant a deep hole and first plant your bulbs
that need the greatest depth, add some dirt and then add a layer of bulbs that
have the next deepest depth, and so forth. The flowers will work around the
bulbs above them and you can get a more continuous bloom in that area.