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

by Stephanie Mahon

Overview

Brighten your garden year round with a wide variety of bulbs.

Ideal for first-time gardeners, Grow Bulbs contains everything you need to bring year-round color into your garden with bulbs. Learn how to plant, care for, and divide your bulbs; create stunning displays including naturalistic drifts and eye-catching containers; and choose from a huge variety of bulbs, corms, and tubers with this book's handy seasonal directory.

Includes practical, jargon-free know-how, this easy-to-use e-guide has everything you need to know to help your garden Grow.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780744063226
Publisher:	DK
Publication date:	03/15/2022
Series:	DK Grow
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	111 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.

About the Author

Stephanie Mahon is an award-winning gardening writer and editor. She has written regular features for the Telegraph, Country Living, Home and Gardens, Gardens Illustrated, the Guardian, and the Sunday Times, among others, and is a two-time winner of Journalist of the Year by the Garden Media Guild. She is also the author of Grow Pruning & Training and Grow Herbs.

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