Spice Up Your Garden With Rare Flowering Bulbs
By Josh Gray, Fri Dec 9th

Any experienced gardener knows the secret to a beautiful gardenis in the bulbs. Flowering bulbs are usually quite hardy andundemanding and can provide the most amazing shower of springand summertime colors. Bulbs naturally package all theessentials they need to flourish and grow. All that’s requiredis warming temperatures to bring the bulbs out of dormancy. Thegreat thing about bulbs is the wide variety of colors and shapesyou can produce.

Many bulbs used by gardeners such as daffodil, crocus, hyacinth,tulip, and lily are common and can be found at your local lawnand garden center. For the more bold and adventurous, it can bevery rewarding to obtain rarer flowering bulbs with uniquecolors and smells like Guinevere, Blackmore, and LandonBegonias. With the rise of the internet, anyone can now obtainrare and exquisite bulbs within the comfort of their own home.There are even websites like CouponChief.com that offer greatonline coupons and discounts for several online bulb vendors.Bulbs are usually shipped bare-root, right around planting time.Starting a beautiful bulb garden is possible in just a fewweeks, depending on shipping times.

Once you get your bulbs at

home its time for planting. Make sureyou are planting during the right time of year. You can plant infall for spring-flowering bulbs or in spring forsummer-flowering bulbs. Most Bulbs do well in pots or inplanters, so your main consideration should be the type of soilrequired and the depth and spacing necessary to give your newbulbs plenty of growing room. Specific instructions for eachtype or rare bulb you decide on are easily obtained online andare most often supplied with your purchase. With a littlethought and preparation, your garden will be blooming withflowers that will make your neighbors jealous. Now that you knowthe secret to a beautiful garden, just don’t tell anybody, ok?

About the author:Josh Gray, President of UC San Diego’s Gardens Club, is aconsultant to CouponChief.com. This online coupon website provides freecoupons and discount codes to many favorite gardening websiteson their