Grow Flower Bulbs What flower bulbs are hardy for zone 6b Ontario for fall planting?
I would like to order flower bulbs to plant this fall. I am in zone 6b Ontario Canada. I am making a new garden around the perimeter of a large garden shed. The area gets full sun part of the day and is shaded by some trees as well as the shed for the remainder of the day. We live in a marshy area across from the lake. The ground is very wet in spring and average the rest of the year. I would like bulbs to plant for fall that don't need to be dug up and stored. Flower colour and bloom time is not that important to me as i can work around this. I have been researching them but there is such a broad range of zones given for each bulb that i have trouble trusting that they will grow in spring. What bulbs have you had luck with? Any bulb ordering website recommendations also?
Thanks!
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Grow Flower Bulbs Will flowers bloom the first time they grow after they are planted as bulbs?
A little bit ago, I planted a bunch of bulbs that my mother ordered in front of our house. I am not a gardener by any stretch of the imagination, but thankfully, there have been signs of life in that green, leafy organisms have sprouted.
My dad has just a tad more experience than I do, only with vegetables. He commented that he didn't think the bulbs would grow into actual flowers this time, but probably would next year. I am wondering if this is true? Will the bulbs grow and bloom into flowers the first time, or do we have to wait another year?
Almost all bulbs supplied by growers will bloom the year after planting. All the food to produce the flower is stored in the matured bulb. The only exception is when the bulb is too small or not old enough to grow a flower stalk. You will get baby bulbs around the bulb of a mature plant. The second year these small bulbs will grow some what larger. You would transplant those for the third year. Some of them will flower but the fourth year, they all should make nice flower stalks. Do not cut off the leaves form any plant grown from bulbs. That is what allows the bulbs to mature. Let the leaf growth die down naturally. Never mow it or cut it off. Your dad is likely correct, if you planted immature bulbs. In that case you should get flowers next year. Happy gardening.
