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Do You Plant Iris Plants in Sunlight or Shade?
From miniature dwarfs to full-size, 4-foot tall plants, there is an iris for every need in the garden. The iris includes more than 300 species and many unique cultivars. Common species include Japanese...
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Can You Leave Your Gladioli in the Ground?
Digging up your gladioli corms is a chore that some gardeners may be able to avoid. This is entirely dependent, however, on your local environment and climate type. A misjudgment and a desire to avoid...
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Can You Cut Lilies Down After They Bloom?
True lilies, those in the genus Lilium, are graceful, elegant plants that flower on vertical, leafy stems. These stems die down in the winter, but the bulb that survives the cold months deep...
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When to Divide an Oxalis Triangularis Bulb
Oxalis triangularis, also called purple shamrock, is commonly sold as a holiday houseplant for St. Patrick’s Day. A great way to propagate your purple shamrock is by bulb division. For most bulbs, the...
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How to Grow Saffron in South Texas
Saffron is one of the most expensive spices in the world, since it takes thousands of flowers to produce a pound of the stigmas. That’s right, saffron is actually the stigmas of a flower -- a...
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What to Do With Daffodils When the Flowers Have Died?
Daffodils (Narcissus spp,) add welcome spring blooms to your landscape, in the ground, outdoor containers or forced for indoor enjoyment. The foliage, however, is what replenishes the bulbs to produce...
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How to Deadhead Gladiolus
The long flower spikes of the gladiolus plant produce a multitude of blooms throughout their life. Each spike features many buds that eventually open and bloom. The buds don't always open all at once,...
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When to Cut Leaves Down on Daffodils
The splendor of the display of daffodil flowers (Narcissus spp.) wanes by mid to late spring, leaving only dried petals, seed heads and narrow green leaves. While the foliage may look untidy and...
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What Is the Difference Between a Jonquil & a Daffodil?
Daffodils and jonquils are flowers that come from bulbs. They are spring-blooming plants that have similar characteristics and appearances. They are both in the genus Narcissus and provide a sunny...
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What to Do With Daffodils After They're Done Blooming?
Low-maintenance and dependable, daffodils (Narcissus spp.) welcome spring with their bright yellow flowers. Daffodils grow in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 4 through 8, depending...
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Agapanthus plants produce clusters of lily-like flowers in the summer months. The white or blue flowers form an orb of blooms atop graceful, slender stems. Agapanthus grows well as a garden plant in...
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When to Plant Tulips in the Middle Southern States?
The Mid-South traditionally is a term used for the region broadly around the corridor from Memphis to Nashville, Tennessee. It's not quite far enough south to be truly the "Deep South." In a broader...
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How to Propagate Tulips
Varying in height from 3 inches to 3 feet, tulips (Tulipa spp.) raise goblet-shaped blooms to the sun in spring. Native to Turkey and the Himalayas, they thrive in areas with dry summers and cold...
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My Tuberous Begonia Is Not Blooming
Tuberous begonias are perennial plants with full-bodied flowers in shades of white, yellow, orange and red. If your tuberous begonia is not blooming, it may be due to bulb, location or care problems.
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How to Grow Onion Bulbs From the Supermarket
Onions from the grocery store that are neglected in the cupboard often sprout tiny green shoots. These shoots are the beginning of the onions second stage in life -- producing seeds. Onions are...
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How Long Does it Take Elephant Ear Bulbs to Sprout?
Elephant ear plants have leaves that resemble an elephant's ear. Bulbs can be left in the ground in areas of Florida, but in other areas the bulbs are lifted from the ground. Sprouting times vary...
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When to Plant Allium Bulbs
Alliums (Allium spp.) span a broad range of garden favorites from ornamental bulbs to kitchen-garden essentials most cooks can't be without. Depending on species and variety, they may grow in U.S....
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How to Divide Lily of the Valley
Convallaria majalis, commonly known as lily of the valley, bursts forth in late spring with stalks of small white or pink bell-shaped flowers surrounded by lance-shaped, broad, green leaves. Lily of...
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How to Deadhead Daffodils
Deadheading is what you do when you prune off a plant's flowers after they fade. In some species, removing dead blooms induces the plant to produce new ones in the same season. In the case of...
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How to Winterize Dahlia Bulbs
Lift and store dahlia bulbs in USDA zones 8 and lower to prevent frost damage. In USDA zones 9 and 10, dahlia bulbs can overwinter in the ground.
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