Putting your bulbs to bed. (spring-flowering bulbs)

Saturday Evening Post | October 1, 1987| | Copyright

PUTTING YOUR BULBS TO BED

As summer fades into autumn, the blooming gardens of the past months become just a memory. But now is the perfect time to prepare for the reemergence of those gardens. While the ground is still soft and the days are warm, home gardeners can plant flowering bulbs in anticipation of another colorful spring. Such spring-flowering bulbs as tulips, anemones, daffodils, hyacinths, and crocuses will fulfill any gardener's expectations.

Spring-flowering bulbs have delighted the imagination as far back as the time of the Pharaohs, who grew ...

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