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Planted Your Fall Bulbs Yet? There's Still Time!

Planted Your Fall Bulbs Yet? There’s Still Time!

November 14, 2017 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Fall Planted Bulbs, How-To, Spring Blooming Bulbs

Flower bulbs are incredibly forgiving. This fact is driven home to us every year when we start planting fall bulbs in our New Jersey trial garden. We always intend to get this project underway sooner, but have accepted the fact that for us, plantingRead More

How to Protect Flower Bulbs from Voles

How to Protect Flower Bulbs from Voles

November 1, 2017 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Fall Planted Bulbs, How-To, Spring Blooming Bulbs, Tulips

Voles are cute little mouse-like rodents with long tails and big appetites. Unlike moles, which are carnivores, voles are strictly herbivores. They eat plant roots and tubers, mushrooms, berries, seeds and nuts, and the bark of shrubs and small trees. And, unfortunately, theyRead More

Love Alliums? Check Out Our New Planning Guide

Love Alliums? Check Out Our New Planning Guide

October 10, 2017 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Alliums, Fall Planted Bulbs, Inspiration, Spring Blooming Bulbs

Every garden looks better with alliums. Their globe-like flowers are big attention-getters that add structure, motion and personality wherever they are planted. These fall-planted bulbs will grow almost anywhere. They’re not bothered by deer, rabbits and other garden pests, yet they are magnets for bees and butterflies! ManyRead More

Out with the Tomatoes, In with the Tulips

Out with the Tomatoes, In with the Tulips

October 3, 2017 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Cut Flowers, Fall Planted Bulbs, How-To, Spring Blooming Bulbs, Tulips

Wouldn’t it be fun to plant a LOT of tulips this fall? Maybe 200. Or why not 500? Enough to have your own spring cutting garden with a full range of flower styles and bloom times. To finally experience some ofRead More

There's Always Room for Daffodils

There’s Always Room for Daffodils

September 25, 2017 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Daffodils, Fall Planted Bulbs, Inspiration, Spring Blooming Bulbs

This guest post about daffodils was written by Melinda Myers, nationally-known gardening expert, TV/radio host, author & columnist . Daffodils are probably my favorite spring flowering bulbs. Their cheery color, animal resistance and versatility makes it easy to incorporate them intoRead More

Discover the Beauty of Double Daffodils

Discover the Beauty of Double Daffodils

September 25, 2017 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Daffodils, Fall Planted Bulbs, Spring Blooming Bulbs

Classic daffodils are easy to recognize. They have a prominent trumpet surrounded by six petals. Double daffodils look completely different. They have at least one extra layer of petals and no sign of a trumpet! With double daffodils, there is little difference betweenRead More

Striped Tulips in the Spotlight

Striped Tulips in the Spotlight

September 19, 2017 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Fall Planted Bulbs, Spring Blooming Bulbs, Tulips

Want to stand out in a crowd? Try wearing stripes. It works for tulips! When our spring trial garden is in bloom, it’s a kaleidoscope of color. We plant 25,000 flower bulbs each fall, including more than a hundred varietiesRead More

This Year's Staff Favorites for Fall Planting

This Year’s Staff Favorites for Fall Planting

September 14, 2017 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Fall Planted Bulbs, Inspiration, Spring Blooming Bulbs

Free flower bulbs is one of the perks that we enjoy as employees of Longfield Gardens. So as you might imagine, when it’s fall planting season, most of us wind up bringing home lots of flower bulbs for our home gardens! It’s a great opportunity to see how theseRead More

Fritillaria imperialis: Time to Plant Pineapple Lilies

Fritillaria imperialis: Time to Plant Pineapple Lilies

September 12, 2017 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Fall Planted Bulbs, Spring Blooming Bulbs, Spring Blooming Flowers

I wish it hadn’t taken me so long to grow Fritillaria imperialis. I guess I thought these exotic-looking flowers would be difficult.  But now I can tell you: exotic they are, but difficult they’re not. Here are a few things to love aboutRead More

New Flirty Fleurs Designer Collections for Fall Planting

New Flirty Fleurs Designer Collections for Fall Planting

September 6, 2017 · by Kath LaLiberte · in Cut Flowers, Fall Planted Bulbs, Spring Blooming Bulbs

September is here and it’s time to order your spring-blooming flower bulbs! Our new designer bulb collections can inspire you with uncommon varieties and unexpected color combinations for fall planting. Working with floral designer Alicia Schwede of flirtyfleurs.com, we are introducing three gorgeous new flower bulbRead More

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