Designing & Planting Spring Flowering Bulbs
Kickstart your garden with early spring blooms. Join our lecture to learn how to select, pair, and plant early blooms like a pro.
Unlock the secrets to continuous, vibrant garden color from early spring through early summer. Whether you are looking to create a multi-layered display, naturalize a woodland area, or ensure year-round interest, this hands-on lecture walks you through everything you need to know to select, pair, and plant bulbs like a pro.
Bonus: Take home a complimentary bulb gift pack to jumpstart your garden next Spring!
What You’ll Learn:
- Understanding Bulb Types:
Distinguish true bulbs from corms, tubers, rhizomes, and tuberous roots—and learn how their growth habits affect planting timing and depth. - Strategic Companion Planting:
Discover how to pair bulbs with perennials like hostas, daylilies, and groundcovers that emerge just in time to conceal fading bulb foliage while extending your garden’s bloom window. - The “Bulb Lasagna” Technique:
Master double- and triple-layer planting in containers and garden beds for non-stop waves of flowers in a single space. - Soil Preparation & Aftercare:
Get practical steps on optimal planting depth, soil drainage, pest management (keeping squirrels and deer at bay), and winter maintenance.
