Bringing the Joy of Spring with Naturalizing Bulbs

Fall is the only time to plant many spring blooming bulbs, tulips, daffodils, crocus, and a wide array of wildflower bulbs are early spring bloomers.

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  • Topic: Fall Gardening
  • Author: Kerry Kirkpatrick
  • Keywords: fall planting, bulbs, groundcovers, wildflowers
  • Date: October 2008

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Fall is the only time to plant many spring blooming bulbs, tulips, daffodils, crocus, and a wide array of wildflower bulbs are early spring bloomers.When you see the cheerful spring blooming of bulbs popping up after a long, hard winter, you will be happy that you took the time to plant them the previous fall.

Bulbs are extremely low maintenance and grow in many types of soils. They can also be planted to look as if they’ve been part of the native landscape for a long time, thus the term naturalizing. Planted this way, they will get bigger year after year and your spring display will be more spectacular as the years go by.

Our High Country Gardens Naturalizing Bulbs

Our large, firm, healthy bulbs come from Holland and are stored in our temperature controlled warehouses. Our perennial wildflower bulbs, wildflower tulips, crocus, miniature iris and daffodils are some of the best bulbs for naturalizing. Plant them in your perennial gardens, groundcovers, and patio garden spaces.

Creating That Natural Look

  • Plant a large number of bulbs to create a showy display. Plant in drifts or clumps. Don’t plant like corn; avoid straight lines.
  • Naturalizing bulbs will increase so you’ll want room for the new bulblets that form.
  • Crocus and small wildflowers such as the Miniature Iris, Galanthus, and Chionodoxa look especially pretty planted in native grass lawns, tucked into perennial borders or among groundcovers.

Critter Resistant Bulbs

Work with nature by planting critter-resistant bulbs in open areas where deer and rabbits are searching for food. Deer, rabbits and gophers avoid Daffodils. Rabbits and deer also resist Allium. View all of our Deer and Rabbit Resistant Bulbs.

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