Article: Perfect time to select your fall and winter planting bulbs

Article: Bulbs can bring happy surprises every year
Redlands Daily Facts;  November 4, 2005 ;     700+ words ......formal garden. We now have bulbs that bloom every month and season of the year. We refer to the word...new bulblets for next year's growth. Other "bulbs" include corms, which...of the bulb for next year. Bulbs that are ready to plant...

Article: Bulbs Are Key to Low-Maintenance Color Year After Year
The Washington Post;  April 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Once established, bulbs in this region are...continue to return year after year with colorful displays...flowers. Most of the bulbs that bloom in spring...countless ways to use bulbs. Because many of...bloom early in the year, they're the first...for the following year. Canna ...

Article: Get Next Year's Garden Bulbs Early
AP Online;  June 16, 1999 ;     700+ words ...GEORGE BRIA AP Online 06-16-1999 Get Next Year's Garden Bulbs Early POUND RIDGE, N.Y. (AP) -- Just as spring bulbs...flowering zenith, catalogs rain down on us offering next year's bulbs. Talk about deja vu. But there's method in the madness...

Article: CATALOGS TOUT BULBS YEAR-ROUND
The Columbian;  June 17, 1999 ;     700+ words ......RIDGE, N.Y. - Just as spring bulbs are at their flowering zenith...rain down on us offering next year's bulbs. Talk about deja vu. But there...mature effect produced by the bulbs spreading, if indeed you ever...satisfactorily. As much as bulbs in flower appeal to our eyes, bulbs ...

Article: Choose bulbs that get better each year
The Boston Globe;  August 23, 1991 ;     700+ words ......bulb that performs identically year after year. Bulbs, like other plants, are either getting better each year or they are falling off. If...show over time. However, most bulbs go the other way, dwindling...with 10 tulips, then the next year you had four. And then there...contributor ...

Article: It's time to make light of the bulbs for spring; Get moving now or your garden will be dull next year, warns JANET WHEATCROFT.(Features)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  September 2, 2000 ;     700+ words ...IT'S that time of year again. If you haven...bought your spring bulbs yet, get out and...and tangerine. Last year's wonderful, tall...were a few smaller bulbs, such as grape hyacinth...and I've got enough bulbs now to split up and...to self-seed. This year I'm planning to order a few ...

Article: VIC: Gas bulbs warning after 10 year old killed in blast
AAP General News (Australia);  September 27, 1999 ;     415 words ......27-1999 VIC: Gas bulbs warning after 10 year old killed in blast...selling soda syphon bulbs to children after...exploded and killed a 10-year-old boy. The coroner...on March 25 this year. Melbourne Coroners...learned about the bulbs at scout camp in...

Article: DON'T TRY KEEPING BULBS IN STORAGE FOR NEXT YEAR.(AT HOME)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  September 23, 2001 ;     700+ words ......If I can't plant all the bulbs that I bought for this fall...possible to save them until next year, or will they dry out...A: Unlike many seeds, most bulbs cannot be stored for long...bulbs you choose. Look for bulbs that feel solid, firm and...floors as storage spots; the bulbs will ...

Article: Well-tended bulbs will flower for many years
Chicago Sun-Times;  April 17, 1988 ;     582 words ......garden year after year if tended properly...spring-flowering bulbs, including grape...produce the next year's flowers. The same...when small or large bulbs are naturalized in...often a reason why bulbs do not reappear the second year. Test bulbs for maturity while...

Article: It's a bulb's life; Now that winter is just around the corner, it's time to start laying the foundations of a garden to be proud of next year.(Features)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  September 18, 1999 ;     700+ words ......rights, I ought to be planting bulbs in their hundreds from late...doing just that - planting bulbs, ignoring the cold breath...its fleshy core. Like eggs, bulbs are a miracle of nature's...well for at least the first year after planting. Then it's...Christmas, so just keep the bulbs out of ...

Article: GARDENING : SUMMER-FLOWERING BULBS RETURN YEAR AFTER YEAR.(L.A. LIFE)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  May 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ......thing on a gardener's mind. Bulbs are for planting in fall so...wisdom has it. Yet there are many bulbs, or bulblike plants, that can...months, if not throughout the year. In Los Angeles, summer-flowering bulbs have a distinct advantage over...all summer bloomers come back year after ...

Article: Buried treasures Choose bulbs that are the best year after year
Chicago Sun-Times;  August 30, 2002 ;     649 words ......Perennialized bulbs need food. Bulbs that are planted for just one...Naturalized and perennialized bulbs are another story. In spring...to prepare for the following year. After spring-flowering bulbs have faded, dead-head the plants...short sturdy stems that emerge year after ...

Article: Bulb of the year
The Sunday Telegraph London;  September 10, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Every year, in the heat of the summer...Centre's official bulb of the year. Each of the 20 or so participants has to nominate two bulbs, one spring-flowering and one...blooms. I sometimes plant small bulbs such as this in old teacups...As for the results of this year's lunch, they must be ...

Article: Year-round beauty // Careful planning can help bulbs light up your home
Chicago Sun-Times;  October 1, 1998 ;     420 words ......naturalize and return year after year. Smaller bulbs such as crocus and muscari...lucky if you get even one year out of them." Summer bulbs in this part of the country...popular summer blooming bulbs, and will return year after year. Again, buy...