Guest Author - Kimberly Cassandra Cannon

Bulbs are notorious for getting one addicted to gardening. From which ones to buy and creative designing ideas for planting them in the landscape, bulbs can become a passion in no time. Notwithstanding, sharing them with other avid gardeners, can become a passion too. They are truly a pleasure of treasures to any gardener and garden.

Once dirt is available, let summer bulbs become a treat everywhere you look or a desire for scent and beauty.

In this article, is an elaboration of the limitless places you can plant any summer bulb. Perhaps your creativity will be enhanced by planting bulbs in a few places of choice mentioned here:

Landscape bulb-blooms:

From shady to sunny and from dry to wet conditions, there is a bulb for your landscape. Although most bulbs require good drainage, the Spider lily, Louisiana iris and some gingers are exceptions to the rule. Let evergreens become your background that will dramatize the color of summer bulbs. The overwhelming attention to color is astonishing.

The understory of a tree can be packed tight with bulbs bringing just enough light for a flush of blooms. Bring thrill to this dull place underneath a tree but don’t expect them to last from year to year, as this is a very competitive spot to thrive with all the tree roots in expansion every year.

Emphasize a monotonous border with staggered, colorful soldiers of bulbs planted randomly. Be sure though to coordinate the color schemes and watch the chatter of the neighborhood come alive in relation to bulb-gardening.

Bulbs contained:

They can be used in containers that are placed just about anywhere in the landscape or merely on the patio, porch, and deck or even at the door to greet visitors. Plant specialty bulbs that are pleasurably scented and will carry inside the home every time the door is opened. This is also a good idea for the urban gardener who doesn’t have a plot of land.

Simply choose a glazed container or even some clay pots (the bigger the container the better for bulbs) to plant bulbs in and be careful if you reside in a known freezing area of the country, as the container-pots are known to crack under such elements. Add good, quality soil ¾ of the way and apply a slow-release fertilizer like Osmocote, sprinkled at the top and cultivated into the soil before planting the bulbs of your choosing. Then, add soil until the tips of the bulbs are exposed. Water and Walla! Await the elegance to render itself in a matter of weeks.

Conclusively bulbs:

Yes, bulbs can be planted anywhere and everywhere. There are no limits. Just be sure to follow a few tips: be sure to plant early, midseason and late varieties for extended bloom all season and don’t forget to add warm-season annuals to your containers after planting bulbs. This will begin the show before the main act comes onto stage.

Last but not least, when planting in beds and containers that will be seen from all sides, be sure to plant the taller bulbs in the middle with shorter ones at the edge; that way the endless beauty can be enjoyed from all sides and the delight of it all to be remembered for years. As you should surely capture from this article is that bulbs are immeasurable in how you can make use of them in garden design.