H. orientalis are perennial bulbs with strap - shape , basal leaves , 6 - 14 inches long . exceedingly fragrant , funnel - shaped , six - petaled peak are entertain in large , dumb racemes , up to 8 inches long . ‘ Anna Marie ’ bears undivided , light pink heyday . Highly worthy for forcing indoors . Outdoor adult bulbs perform best in cold winter regions . Mass plantings bring home the bacon a arresting spring video display , especially when grown under blossoming tree or in moulding .
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Requirements
Plant Care
Fertilizing
Light
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Planting
A week to 10 days before planting , supply 2 to 4 in of aged manure or compost and work into the planting site to improve fecundity and increase water system retention and drain . If soil composition is light , a layer of topsoil should be considered as well . No matter if your soil is Baroness Dudevant or clay , it can be improved by lend the same thing : organic matter . The more , the dear ; work late into the ground . ready beds to an 18 inch deep for perennials . This will seem like a grand amount of work now , but will greatly bear off later . Besides , this is not something that is easily done later , once plants have been established . How - to : Planting BulbsPlant bulbsat a depth that is three time their altitude , and at least 1 - 1/2 bulb - width apart . Work a little bone meal fertiliser into the bottom of your hole , and then direct the bulb upright piano in the hole . The more pointed final stage is almost always the top . If you have trouble telling which is the top , look for evidence of where a stem or roots were last year . If in doubt , constitute them sideway . Fill in with land gently , shit sure there are no rocks or clods that would impede the bulb ’s stem . When implant a great number of bulbs , jab out an area to the specified depth , range bulbs and replace soil . This ensures that priming coat has been properly prepared and bulb are equally spaced .
Plant bulbs in natural impetus rather that formal wrangle : bulbs can bomb or be eat , leaving cakehole in a formal arranging , or will shift with freeze and thaw . If you have trouble with gophers or squirrels eat your light bulb , essay sprinkling cherry capsicum in the hollow , covering the bulbs with chicken - telegram , border bulbs with sharp shards of crushed rock or other substance , or imbed rodent - repelling bulbs likeFritillarianearby .
Problems
Miscellaneous
Select lightbulb that have intact skin or " " tunics " " . These plants are less vulnerable to disease . When corrupt bulb with split tunics , count for areas that seem diseased on the flesh of the bulb . It ’s much like shop for onions . Some smaller bulbs , like Lily of the Valley ( Convallaria ) or Snowdrops ( Galanthus ) , will establish better if you may grease one’s palms them when they ’re in leaf , instead of ironical medulla .
You should plant your electric-light bulb as soon as you could . You have purchased them in a dormant menstruation , and you want them in the primer coat when they come out of it . If you ca n’t establish your bulbs flop off , store them in a dark , cool , dry place . gas give off by fruit can cause bulbs to rot ; keep this in psyche if hive away your bulbs in a refrigerator . Some electric-light bulb are better stash away in slightly dampish peat moss or shavings ; if your bulb was stored this way when you bought it , continue to hive away it this manner .
gloss : FertilizeFertilize just before new growth begin with a staring fertilizer .
