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BULBS

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Naturalizing Bulbs in your Lawn - Many small early blooming bulbs will happily naturalize in the lawn.  Simply peel back sections of lawn with a sharp spade, scatter the bulbs randomly and firm them into the soil.  Roll back the grass and water deeply.  The small early flowering varieties such as snowdrops, aconites, scilla and crocus will all have finished flowering before the person in charge of mowing the lawn has a chance to get too anxious about the "off limits" areas!

Bulbs in Pots - Areas in the garden usually dedicated to annuals are good spots for bulbs, but it gets tricky when it’s time to put the annuals in and the bulbs haven’t died down. Get around this by planting the bulbs in plastic pots and then planting the pots into the ground. Put compost and sand at the bottom of the pot and plant about 5 bulbs to a one gallon pot, 8 or 9 to a two gallon pot. Fill with soil and sink the entire pot into the ground.  It can then be moved once flowering is over, leaving a hole to be filled with something for summer colour.  Use the same trick if you're planting bulbs in a fancy pot or container – it makes it easy to do a quick switch and to keep your containers looking great all the time.

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