Bulbs
January: A Time To Reflect and Plan For Spring
I asked members of Northumberland Master Gardeners to tell us how they keep in touch with their gardens in January. Tanya Crowell tells us what she likes best about her garden is January are the swaying grasses. They give something … Continue reading
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Some Bulb Planting Tips From Northumberland Master Gardeners
It is that time of year when the spring bulbs that you ordered last spring and summer are arriving in the mail. The nurseries are full of boxes of bulbs that give us hope for spring blooms. Northumberland Master Gardeners … Continue reading
Plant Beautiful Bulbs
Sandra Pella, Head Gardener at Toronto Botanical Gardens shared advice about choosing and planting spring bulbs. Her photographs were beautiful and in most cases included a pollinator getting food and spreading pollen. Sandra stressed the importance of including very early … Continue reading
Plants For Pollinators
A Bumble Bee Photographed on a Chive Flower, June 18,2019Every home gardener enjoys having a garden and each have a preferred style of garden they enjoy keeping. Some are delighted to nurture their favorite flowers and shrubs for purely … Continue reading
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Autumn Crocus
The Fall Crocus The fall crocus fist appears in summer, as large fleshly green leaves. These die down after a few days and the plant remains dormant. In early fall it emerges again as lovely lilac pink flowers. The … Continue reading
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Spring Bulbs – Keukenhof
At our September 2014 Master Gardener meeting, Dugald Cameron, president of Gardenimport, an online and mail-order perennial specialist company, spoke to us about spring bulbs. Dugald and his family started Gardenimport in 1983 because they couldn’t find the quality or … Continue reading
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