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Container Gardening Tips
Container grown bulbs can add zest to your garden. Learn the tips and tricks that make container gardening successful.
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Basic Collection of Daffodils
For home gardeners, this is a "wish" list to be used to collect garden daffodils to brighten up the spring.
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British Isles Daffodils
The British are the leading hybridizers of daffodils in the world for the last 300 years. Take a look at some of today's best growers and breeders. The British Isles as used in this article includes Northern Ireland, Ireland, and the Britian itself.
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Christmas in the Daffodil Patch
Christmas in the daffodil patch. A fantistic sight to see!
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Daffodil Bulb Planting Techniques
It's bulb planting time in my region, zone 6 almost zone 7. Techniques of bulb planting has a lot to do with the individual, but with the spread of the internet and the web sites, techniques are becoming standardized. Do you put gran-i-grit under your bulbs?
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Division 4 Double Daffodils
Division 4, or double daffodils are some of the most beautiful daffodils in the garden. They can also be trying to grow because of their "habit" of "blasting." In addition, they are hard to groom and place on the show bench, but here is one person's solution.
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Forcing Daffodils
Forcing daffodils can bring a beautiful spring experience. Best of all, it's not just for the commercial growers. You can do it too.
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Growing Bulbs in Containers
Suggestions for growing bulbs in containers and forcing blooms for spring flowers at other times of year.
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Growing Daffodils in Pots
Growing daffodils in pots is both an art and a culture.
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Historic Daffodils
Historic daffodils are reminders of the past and present some interesting conversation pieces in the garden. What is a historic daffodil? Read this article for more information.
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Ixia pumilio
It is always exciting when a new plant species is discovered. Ixia pumilio was discovered in 1983 on a farm in South Africa. It is now relatively easy to obtain. Why not try growing it ?
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Mentor Program, Revisited
The American Daffodil Society's Mentor Program is a saving "Grace," and just might be the shot in the arm that restores credibility to the ADS.
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Moving My Daffodil Garden
In the fall of 1999, I moved to a new home and had to move my entire daffodil <b>Show</b> garden. What an experience!! Warning! We are professionals, don't try this at home! LOL. Overwhelming job.
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Moving My Daffodil Garden - Continued
The is the continuation of my experience in the sudden moving of a daffodil garden without the time to properly prepare. A back breaking effort it is!
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Moving My Garden
I experienced a move of my entire gardens this year. My worst fears was the drought that had been on going, even when we did get rain just as we moved. Here's how we moved my garden.
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My Daffodil Garden, 2nd Week in April
My Daffodil Garden in the 2nd Week in April is beginning to take bloom. I've gone from trumpets and a few division 6 cyclamineus daffodils to a broad spectum of all categories now in bloom.
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My Daffodil Garden, 3rd Week in April
My daffodil garden in the 3rd week in April, 2000. It's hard to believe there is no daffodil show this weekend, but more than I can handle next week.
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My Daffodil Garden, 4th Week in April
My daffodil garden in the 4th week in April is down to the late varieties, with a strong showing from my division 3, short cupped daffodils. There are two daffodil shows as the show season raps up for the year.
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My Garden, 1st Week in April
This article combines the National Daffodil Show in Portland, Oregon with the daffodils in my garden this week, the 1st week in April 2000. I personally didn't have much to show, as it's early for my daffodils. However, the National Daffodil Show in Portland had enough beautiful flowers to take your breath away.
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My Garden, The Last Week of March
My new daffodil garden during the last week of March 2000. Based on the fact that it was weeds and brush until September 1999, it's not so bad.
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Preparing a "Double Dug" Raised Bed
Beds to be used for daffodils should be prepared well in advance of the planting season. Sixty to ninety days are needed so that the soil will have time to adjust, and compact. It does make a difference in the first year bulbs are in the ground
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The Basics of Growing Daffodils
The basics of daffodil growing in a "nut-shell" for the casual home gardener. It covers the material from "a" to "z."
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The Decline of Historic Daffodils
Some daffodils just fade away. There are many reasons that registered varieties are now extinct. Some of them, for no reason at all.
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Water and Daffodils
Daffodil cannot live without water, but too much water causes daffodil bulbs to die from basal rot or <i>fusarium oxysporum</i> fungus. There is a time to water daffodils and a time to let them go dry. Here's how I see it.
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What's Killing My Bulbs
There seems to be a lot of issues at planting time about bulbs and why they are not healthy. I take a stab at addressing some of the issues of why daffodil bulbs die in the ground.
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Why Daffodils (Some) Are Extinct!
Daffodil diseases are a problem that each gardener should be aware, and help eliminate.
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World Daffodil, and National Daffodil Convention
The World Daffodil Convention and the American Daffodil Society National Convention are the same for the year 2000. The convention is being held from March 30th to April 3, 2000. It should be a real whopper of an affair. You are welcome to come join us.
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Spring Bulbs in the South
Spring bulbs in the South need cold. You need to give them special attention if you are to be successful with them in the warm winters of the southern USA.
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Autumn Bulbs by Rod Leeds
Published by Chrysalis Books Group and written by Rod Leeds, Autumn Bulbs provides a glimpse into the often ignored treasures of the autumn garden.
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Brighten Up The Dull Days Of Winter With Blooms
In my never-ending search to brighten up the dull days of winter, I have come across a group of winter blooming plants. After all, if you can have beautiful blooms in the summer, why not in the winter?
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Digging Daffodil Bulbs
The care and cleaning and preserving of daffodil bulbs is an important part of the gardening experience.
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Digging Daffodil Bulbs, and The Tools Needed
Using the proper tools when digging daffodil bulbs will make the work easier, protect the bulbs from damage and help keep the digging process organized.
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Planting Flowering Bulbs for Spring Blooms
After the first hard frost is the ideal time to plant spring bulbs. A selection of well-placed bulbs in the fall will produce glorious bursts of spring color.
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Planting My New Daffodil Beds
Planting my new beds took a lot of work and effort, even after the tractor and the chisel plow, and the backhoe. Putting bulbs into virgin soil was a real experience.
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Solar Sterilization
Solar sterilization renews the garden soil, and helps revitilize your bulbs as it helps them fight viruses and fungi, resulting in fresh and bigger blooms. The best kept secret is that solar sterlization is easy.
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Turning Around British Isles Daffodils
British Isles daffodils may leave you disappointed after the first year. Don't give up on them, and let them adjust for two to three years. You may be very happy that you did.
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Bulbs and Trees.
The benefits of micro climates created by incorporating trees with the bulbs you grow.
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How to Grow Paperwhites
Plan ahead and plant paperwhite narcissus bulbs in a pot to grow showy fragrant flowers indoors this winter. Easy fun project for decorating or holiday gift giving.
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Low Maintenance Muscari for Fall Bulb Planting
Easy to grow grape hyacinth bulbs become low maintenance plants in the flower garden. Late summer is the time to plan Muscari for fall bulb planting.
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Too Hot to Garden--Let's Shop!
Description of some of my favorite bulb suppliers
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Seeds: Obtaining, Storing and Sowing
Learn how to obtain seeds at a very low cost, properly store seeds for their longest life plus tips on how to germinate and harden off seedlings.
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Seeds, Liliums and Nomocharis:
Seeds: Liliums and Nomocharis.
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Grow Red Caladiums in Sun or Shade Gardens
Red caladiums are popular in any flower garden. The colorful leaves can display accents of greens, whites, pinks and darker shades of red to add color to summer gardens.
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Hippeastrum in pots
Hippeastrum in America is often referred to as Amaryllis. If you grow Hippeastrum papilio in pots please answer this readers question.
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Onions in Your Flower Garden and The Beauty of Bulbs
Bring onions to your flower gardens (really) by planting alliums in the landscape. Learn all about these bulbs that can add dynamic color and form to your garden. Plus, discover a way to use bulbs to create a blooming springtime garden in a small space.
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A Bulb Workshop
This article explains the ins and outs of planting bulbs in Western Australia. with a few tips from a well known gardening organisation in New South Wales.
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AeroGarden Indoor Gardening Systems
This may be an ideal kitchen accessory for the foodie, beginner to advanced gardener, or city apartment dweller. Compact in size the modules grow a variety of seed kits.
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Books for Christmas - Part 3:
Top Shelf Garden Books, real winners
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Daffodils Down Under
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Growing Daffodils in Pots
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