Click below to listen to my 2 min. Garden Bite radio show: Summer blooming bulbs
We are finally feeling warmer temperatures and seeing more sunshine! It’s been a long haul this spring.
Now is the time to plant gladiola, dahlia and canna bulbs for summer bloom! Alliums, oriental lilies, begonias and bulbs I can’t pronounce are also on that list.
Glads need to be dug up after the first hard frost in the Fall when the plants are done! Cannas are the same way. But they’re so lovely. Their large tropical leaves really make a statement against a fence or standing sentry in sunny areas. The one caution is that, very quickly, you’ll have way more of canna rhizomes than you need!!
Begonias are outstanding for the shaded areas of your landscape. Here is a link on how to plant begonia tubers .
Personally I buy them at the local nursery for my hanging baskets and leave it at that.
Gertens Begonia video I created
Oh, and then there’s the crazy beautiful dahlias! Oh, so many choices it’s ridiculous along with new introductions for 2022. Including Holly Hill ‘Peachy Keen’ and a pure white one called ‘KA’s Papa John’. Dahlias bloom from July into October in some areas, they are not winter hardy.
