Fundamentals: Flowering Bulb Basics
Don’t know the difference between a rhizome and a corm? A spring-planted bulb vs. a fall-planted bulb? How to plant them? How they “naturalize”? It’s ok. Sean and Allison McManus have the answers. Once you learn a few basics about spring (and fall) flowering bulbs a whole new and exciting world of color and fragrance open up for your garden.
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Sean & Allison McManus
Spoken Garden
Sean and Allison McManus, owners of Spoken Garden, love teaching about all kinds of plants and flowers, including bulbs. They garden in the PNW zone 8b and teach first-time gardeners through their YouTube channel, podcasts, blog and their book The First-time Gardener: Growing Plants and Flowers (Cool Springs Press). They’re inventors of The Little Dibby and The Dibby XL (winner of the 2023 NGB ‘Green Thumb Award’) dual-purpose garden tools for seed-sowing and seedling transplanting.
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The First-Time Gardener: Growing Plants and Flowers: Volume 2
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