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Spring bulb garden layout11/8/2023 ![]() ![]() Taller plantings are easily noticed from farther away. A low-growing planting needs to be placed where you will be able to see it – next to a walkway or in a raised bed, for example. I like to plant the shorter grape hyacinth amid or in front of the mid-spring narcissus. When you purchase bulbs, the catalog and package will denote whether they are early-, mid- or late-season (spring) bloomers. You can plan your bulb garden for an ongoing show of color. Your artistic vision must factor in bulb height and the time of bloom, light, soil drainage and fertility. Planning a bulb display is almost as exciting as seeing the mass of bulbs come up. In New England and areas where winters are cold enough to freeze the ground, most bulbs are planted in fall, but there are tender summer bulbs that are spring planted and dug in fall for over-wintering in cool storage. Some are true bulbs others are corms or tubers. The term “bulb” has come to include a variety of plants with a large, swollen storage root or stem section from which a flowering plant grows each year. ![]() Here’s everything you need to know on planting fall bulbs in Maine. Then comes the show of narcissus and early tulips, reassuring us that it is time to plant peas and lettuce and fava beans, that we have made it, that tree leaves will unfurl, asparagus will go to fern and strawberries will bloom once again. ‘Yellow Winter’ aconite and bobbing white snowdrops yield to pastel crocuses and purple dwarf irises. Spring bulbs are the bright spots, the color-rich buoys of hope in a sea of mud and sloppy snow squalls. And as farmers adapt to the rising problem of climate change, it’s important to plan ahead for bulb planting. ![]() Maine winters are long, but our cool, wet spring season is even longer because of our impatient yearnings for fresh greens, dry paths and more color in the landscape. Plant spring bulbs now to bring early color, hope and joy to the garden. ![]()
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