A few hours one brisk autumn afternoon can yield months of colorful excitement in your yard or garden next spring. You can plant bulbs just about anywhere in your garden - so long as the soil drains well. Got sandy soil? Bulbs should be planted deeper in sandy soils than in clay soils.
Prepare the planting bed by digging the soil so it's loose and workable. Bulbs should be planted as soon as the ground is cool. Bulbs will root best in cool soil and once rooted undergo natural changes that keep them from freezing. Plant big bulbs a minimum of 8-inches deep and small bulbs about 5-inches. A general rule of thumb is to plant your bulbs 3 times the length of the bulb.
Be sure to throw in a handful of bonemeal before dropping in your bulb. Bonemeal is high in phosphorus which bulbs need to grow up healthy and strong!
Even if you don't have enough bulbs for a big bed, small clusters can make a super spring show!
Bulbs planted against the southern side of your house may bloom up to a week earlier than the same ones planted on the north side!
Fall is bulb planting time!
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