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Tulip Bulbs
- Fall is the Time to Prepare the Perfect Spring Flower Garden
When the air begins to get cooler, and the leaves start to fall from the
trees, most people immediately think of storing the gardening supplies
for the winter and getting ready to bundle up. But Wait! Before packing
away your gardening equipment, don't forget to pick up some tulip bulbs
to plant in your garden.
Fall is the perfect time for planting tulip
bulbs.
Tulip bulbs are easily the most recognizable bulb flower in the world
today. Most people think first of a tulip, when they are asked to name a
flower bulb. Tulips are easy to grow, and require very little care,
which is one of the reasons that they are so popular.
There is a very large variety in the color selection of tulip bulbs.
The colors of tulips typically follow the color trends that are
generally popular. Right now, pastel tulips are extremely popular color choices. The most popular tulip color has
always been, and remains to be red. However, red is followed closely by
yellow as the second most popular color.
Of course, you can find tulips in a variety of color as there are over
3500 varieties of tulips. You can purchase traditional tulip bulbs as
well as fancy bulbs, which have a feathered, frilly petal. You can find
tulips in solid colors as well as striped petals, or variegated colors.
You can purchase tulip bulbs that are early bloomers, maturing early in
the springtime, or you can find tulips that will bloom later. So you can
plan your bulb flowers so that you will consistently have flower blooms
all spring, until your perennials begin blooming.
Tulips come in tall
varieties as well as shorter varieties, this can be important when you
are planning a garden design. As well, you will have a choice between
single blooming tulips and double bloomers.
With so much variety and selection, it is no doubt why tulip bulbs are
such popular flowers. Coupled with the excellent selection and the ease
of care and planting for tulips, they make an excellent addition to any
garden design.
Author: Linda Jenkinson
About the author:
Linda is author of the Tulip and Bulb Flowers section of Gardening-Guides.com
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