December 16, 2011
Choosing The Best Flowers For Spring
You are probably anxious for the first signs of spring after a long, cold winter. Springtime automatically brings thoughts of flowers. It can be difficult as well as confusing to choose the best flowers for spring. It’s likely that the most effective way to ensure spring flowers that bloom each year is to plant bulbs in the fall to mid-winter. Even though there may be flowering plants that you can purchase from your local nursery, you still want to make sure any chance of freezing weather has passed before planting and in many areas of the country, spring does not arrive until late in the season and by that time you will want to plants flowers in anticipation of summer. The option of purchasing bulbs that have grown pots over the winter and are in stock in most garden centers beginning in the late winter months is what you will always have. Keep reading to learn few choices of flowering plants that are suitable to plant now and will produce early spring flower:
Giving you yellow flowers approximately three inches in height and resemble common buttercups is Winter Aconite or Eranthis hyemalis. If you live in a warm area and you will get the best results if you plant them in masses as they grow low to the ground, then these particular bulbs may begin to flower as early as January.
Producing flowers that are bright blue with a white center is Glory Of The Snow, or Chionodoxa luciliare. The plants will grow between six and ten inches tall, making this particular plant very handy for walkways, borders, and rock gardens. You may be able to find white/pink varieties depending on the area in which you live as well.
Giving you bell-shaped flowers that droop from the green part of the plant are Spring Snowflakes or leucojum vernum. These plants will be six to twelve inches in height and are white in color with small green spots on the ends of the petals. If you plant them in clumps, you will then get the best results and you can also expect to see blooms in late February to early March. You can plant in the mid to late winter if you purchase potted bulbs that have already begun growing the growing cycle even though they are best planted in the fall just like any other springtime bulb.
Netted Iris, or iris reticulate, are wonderfully scented and are most commonly purple in color, although you can also find light blue and white irises in many areas. Irises are one of the earliest blooming plants and you can expect a beautiful display of flowers in early March. As they tend to reproduce rapidly and could actually begin to stunt the growth of the plants due to over-crowding, you will have to thin the bulbs after several growing seasons from time to time just like with any other type of bulb.
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