How to choose the most beautiful bulb flower for your garden? The abundance and variety of species can lead to a stupor of novice gardeners, as well as make it difficult to choose. Photos of flowers, bulbous and bulbous, do not always give an idea of \u200b\u200bwhat will eventually grow on your site. Let's look at some of the most common types and choose the best one.
Bulb 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 the above-ground part dries, it remains viable. Dahlias and crocuses have tubers. They are not much different from bulbs. But they need to be stored differently. The tubers are devoid of protective scales, so they cannot remain in the soil for the winter - they need to be dug up. Most bulbs are perennials. They can live in your garden for a very long time. It must be remembered thatafter the bulbous flower dies, the leaves cannot be cut. They should wilt on their own. Bulbous perennials usually spend the winter in the ground, under a layer of mulch. They love lighted areas, sometimes they grow well in light shade. Loose, breathable soil without a lot of fertilizer will provide the bulbous flower with everything it needs. The main thing is that the plant is not constantly damp.
Selection and planting
When looking for suitable plants for your flower beds, pay attention to some nuances. Many types of bulbous are always turned in one direction. For example, daffodils. This should be taken into account when planning the design of your flower bed - it is better not to place these flowers in the middle of the site, but to replace them with tulips or hyacinths. Bulbous plants have a different flowering period. By choosing varieties that bloom in early spring, you can combine them with those that bloom later. In this way, 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 - these 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 bulbous plants you can make a clearing by planting them in a large group on the lawn or under the trees. It is desirable that they all be of the same color scheme. You can make a so-called false reservoir. To do this, you need to pick up bulbs with flowers of blue and blue hues, decorating a flower bed with gravel and pebbles, which will represent the “shores of the reservoir”. You can make a harmonious composition in the place where the lawn will appear in the summer, from hazel grouses, daffodils, tulips and muscari. Bulbs also do well in containers - keep this in mind when decorating your spring terrace. Being able to remove the containers after flowering is over allows you to replace them with later blooming plants.
