Bulbs in the Sustainable Garden

Then we moved. And oh how I cried. The stately colorful gladiolus I planted still bloom there today. I visit from time to time... and remember. The originals have long since disappeared, but they have produced offspring and maybe the owner knows the goldmine that lies there, just under the surface.

I have seen the kids at the county fairs awarded blue ribbons. They have raised extraordinarily beautiful gladioluses, dahlias, and tuberous begonias--all of which grow from what gardeners, for convenience rather than botanical exactitude, call bulbs.

So if you have never emulated those young winners, you may be excused for assuming that bulbs are so easy to grow that a child can do it. While that is true, it is only a half-truth. Bulbs are easy to grow. A child can do it. Anybody can do it. Once. But to bring them back year after year to enrich the garden with uncommon beauty requires knowledge and work. Not a lot of work, just enought to give you pride in your accomplishment.

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