Park Seed Garden Journal

Quick Reference Bulb Planting Chart

While searching for more information about our spring bulb line-up I came across this handy little bulb planting guide. This is the same information that is shipped with the Park Seed orders. The full booklet tells you how to plant, where to plant, and other general care tips for a long list of garden plants. I thought this bulb chart was especially handy.

Item	Planting Time	Flowering Time	Height(in.)	Depth to Plant (in.)	Distance Apart (in.)
Allium	Spring or Fall	late spring, early summer	various	2 X Diam. Of the bulb	6-8
Amaryllis	4-6 weeks before booms are desired	spring, unless forced	12-18	1/3 of bulb above ground	Pot 2" larger than bulb
Anemone	fall	early spring	4-12	2-3	2-4
Butterfly Amaryllis	4-6 weeks before booms are desired	spring, unless forced	24	base of bulb blow soil line	6" pot
Calla Lilly (Zantedeschia)	late spring	early to mid summer	12-18	3	6
Colchium	aug.-sept.	sept.-oct.	4-8	3-4	6-8
Crocus, Autumn	sept.-dec.	fall	2-6	2-3	2-6
Crocus, Spring	sept.-dec.	early spring	2-6	2-3	2-6
Cyclamen	late summer, early fall	fall	6	top of corm level with soil	6-12
Eranthis	early fall	early spring	3	2	1-2
Eremurus Foxtail Lilly	sept.-dec.	June	4-8	4-6	2-3
Freesia	early spring	summer	18-24	3	1
Fritillaria Imperialis	fall	early spring	18-24	4-6	6-8
Fritillaria Meleagris	fall	spring	12	3-4	1
Galanthus	fall	early spring	4-6	2-3	2
Gladiolus, Hardy	fall or early spring	spring	18	2-4	3-4
Hermodactylus	fall	early spring	6-12	3-4	3-4
Hyacinth	fall	early spring	9-18	4-6	6
Ipheion	fall	early spring	8-10	3-4	1
Iris, Bulbous	aug.-sept.	early spring	4-24	2-3	4-6
Leucojum Summer Snowflake	fall	April	12	4-6	4
Lily	fall or spring	early spring	2-8	4-6	9-18
Lily of The Valley Convallaria	fall or spring	May-June	6-8	1	3-4
Lycoris Hardy Amaryllis	mid-summer to fall	late summer, early fall	12-18	2-4	5-8
Muscari	late summer, early fall	early spring	6-9	3	2-3
Narcissus, Daffodils	sept.-oct.	Apr.-May	12-24	5-6	6-8
Oxalis	fall	spring	2-8	2	2-6
Ranunculus	spring	early spring	8-12	1.5	6
Scillia Hispanica	fall	spring	15	2-3	4-5
Scilllia Siberica	fall	mar.-apr.	6	3	3-6
Tulip Hybrid	fall	spring	6-18	6-8	3-6
Tulip Species	fall	spring	4-8	2-3	1-2
Zephyranthes	spring	mid-summer	9-12	1-2	3

Amaryllis: The Best Diversion From Inclement Weather

There are always indoor projects to keep you preoccupied inside while the ice and wind lays waste to everything you've worked for all season. Like amaryllis! Yay! Wonderful, holiday-cheery, Amaryllis mocks your freezing gardens and floppy flower beds with it huge radiant tropical blooms. With your new fun friends Pizazz, Razzle Dazzle, Rock N' Roll, Zombie, and Candy Stripe you won't have time to think about all of the things you can't do outside right now.

Time for fall planting is being carried off in a brisk wind. We're having record lows here on the east coast. I expect a few warm days before hard winter, but if you've got bulbs to get in the ground, depending on where you are, it may be a little too late to get them established. Hopefully, you handled all of that a month ago, unlike me. I guess it's okay, I can keep them in a cool dry place until the ground warms up in the spring. We are already starting to list a few of our Bulbs for spring planting, those will not ship until it is time to plant them next year. I can't wait, I want to try a few of the new tulip culti-vars.