1. First of all, plan for your location. Many bulb planting tips (such as the ones below) will apply as a general rule, but you can’t beat local know-how. A local nursery can help you plan for the best bulb planting adventure or check out the Netherlands Flower Bulb Information Center/ North America to learn about planting bulbs in your region.
   
2. Plant in the fall anytime before the first deep frost comes – i.e. a frost that actually hardens the ground.
   
3. Plant bulbs at a depth of three times their height. Cooler climates should plant a bit deeper than the typical three times.
4. Plant tear-shaped bulbs pointy end up. My grandma always said if you can’t tell which end is pointier (it can be hard to tell) lay the bulb on it’s side when you plant it. Not sure how technical that tip is, but her bulbs always seemed to come up.
   
5. Mark your bulbs. If you don’t mark bulbs you my accidentally dig them up when trying to plant new ones.
   
6. Some bulbs may develop top growth in the fall (normal) and in fact you can use these sorts of bulbs as good bulb markers (see tip six).
   
7. To boost bulbs’ health and growth use a slow release fertilizer in the fall and then apply more come springtime (as soon as you see shoots sprouting).
   
8. To get rid of, or at least detour underground munchers who like your bulbs as a snack sprinkle a little bit of sharp gravel pieces into your soil around the bulb.
   

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Eight fall bulb planting tips

The reason why I’m asking is because a few days ago, I saw this movie, Imagine Me & You, which stars Matthew Goode, Piper Perabo and Lena Headey and it got me into thinking about flowers.

In the movie, they had scenes where in they show different reasons why you give flowers to another person and basically it tells us that flowers do speak of our intention and of the person we’re giving them to.

Luce [Lena Headey] runs a flower shop in the movie, and did the flowers for Heck and Rachel’s [Matthew Goode, Piper Perabo] wedding where they met and fell for each other.

Piper’s favourite flower in the movie were Lilies, too. There was a scene wherein they talked about some of the flowers’ meaning. And when she asked about Lilies, Lena said that the flower’s message is “I dare you to love me.”

And I did a little research on Tulips and I found out that they actually tell the person you’re giving them to that you’re desperately in love.

Hmmm. Curious thought.

Flowers have been playing a big part in the whole sphere of love and romance that somehow it has become a cliche. However, it’s still considered one of the most romantic ways of letting the other person know how we feel without words. This brings me to think that it is important that we do consider their meaning so we can best relay the message.

Though, I do wonder how much of it — your favourite flower, I mean — is true in describing you as a person.

Thoughts?

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What’s Your Favourite Flower?