How to choose the most beautiful bulb flower for your garden? The abundance and diversity of species can enter into a stupor of novice gardeners, as well as make it difficult to choose. Photos of flowers, bulbs and corms do not always give an idea of what will ultimately grow on your site. Let's look at some of the most common types and choose the best.
Bulbous flowers: names and features
These plants will decorate your garden and add variety to its design. They have many advantages. The underground part, which each bulbous flower has, accumulates nutrients, and after drying the above-ground part, it remains viable. Dahlias and crocuses have tubers. They are not much different from bulbs. But they need to be stored in a different way. The tubers are devoid of protective scales, therefore they cannot remain in the soil for the winter - they need to be dug up. Most bulbs are perennial. They can live in your garden for a very long time. It must be remembered that after the bulb flower dies, you can not cut the leaves. They must wither on their own. Bulbous perennials usually spend the winter in the ground, under a layer of mulch. They like lighted areas, sometimes grow well in light shade. Loose, breathable soil without a large amount of fertilizer will provide the bulbous flower with everything you need. The main thing is that the plant is not constantly in damp.
Pick and fit
Looking for suitable plants for your flower beds, pay attention to some nuances. Many types of bulbs are always turned in one direction. For example, daffodils. This should be taken into account when planning the design of your flowerbed - in the middle of the plot, it is better not to place these flowers, but to replace them with tulips or hyacinths. Bulbous plants have a different flowering period. Having picked varieties that bloom in early spring, you can combine them with those that bloom later. Thus, your garden will be constantly brightly decorated until late autumn. The earliest spring bulbs, such as saffron and galanthus, bloom in March and early April. They are followed by irises and blueberries.
Muscari bloom in late April - they are bulbous with a very long flowering period. They will delight you for about three weeks, depending on the variety. Tulips bloom not so long, but more brightly.
Flower Garden Ideas
From small-bulb plants, you can make a clearing by planting them with a large-scale group on the lawn or under the trees. It is desirable that they all be of the same color scheme. You can make the so-called false pond. To do this, you need to pick onion bulbs with flowers of blue and blue, making a flowerbed with gravel and pebbles, which will be the "shore of the reservoir." You can make a harmonious composition in the place where the lawn appears in the summer, from hazel grouse, daffodils, tulips and muscari. Bulbs also feel good in containers - keep this in mind when designing a spring terrace. The ability to remove containers after flowering has ended allows you to replace them with later flowering plants.