Bulbs in the Garden
The following is a list of bulb plants according to type of storage organ.
True bulbs have a short underground stem called a basal plate. This
plate is surrounded by "scales" or fleshy leaves that protect the growing
point and tissue, and usually a flower. The dry, outer layers are referred
to as the tunic. Simply, bulbs are leaf material.
Bulbets, or offsets, are the small bulbs produced to the side of the
bulb. Bulbils are the small bulbs produced above ground in the leaf axils,
usually on lilies.
Examples include:
Alliums (Flowering Onions)
Lycorus (Surprise Lily, Magic LIly)
Chionodoxa (Glory-in-the-Snow) Muscari (Grape
Hyacinth)
Fritillaria (Crown Imperial) Narcissus
(Daffodil)
Galanthus
Ornithogalum
Hippeastrum (Amaryllis)
Oxalis
Hyacinth
Scilla (Squills)
Iris (bulbous types)
Tigridia
Lilium (Lily)
Tulipa (Tulip)
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Bulbs that have been forced or grown in the house during winter are
not suitable to force again; but it is a waste of money to throw
them away. Keep them growing after their flowers have faded and let
their foliage turn yellow before drying them off. When yel-
low put them in their flats or pots in a shady, dry place until the
soil becomes powdery dry. Then clean and store them in cotton sacks
(such as used for sugar) or in wire netting trays until outdoor planting
time ar- rives in late summer or early autumn. Then plant them
outdoors in a bed where they may recuperate for a year or two before
being planted in more conspicuous beds.
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See also:
Bulbs: alliums
Bulbs: bed preparation
Bulbs: colchicum
Bulbs: fall flowering crocus
Bulbs: fertilizing
Bulbs: selecting
Bulbs: spring flowering
Bulbs: summer flowering
Bulbs: dividing
Amaryllis Bulbs - Re-blooming
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