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Autumn is often accompanied by heavy rains and gray days of the passing summer. To brighten up the coming nostalgia for the warm season, many summer residents decorate their flower beds and gardens with blooming autumn flowers. They are planted in the summer, thanks to which by the fall they become an excellent decoration for gardens. But what kind of bulbous flowers are planted in autumn?
Those that bloom in early spring. Planting in the fall will allow the plants to wake up with the snow melting. While other flowering plants prepare for winter cold and dormancy, their bulbous counterparts begin preparations for early spring awakening. Many beginner flower growers prefer bulbous flowers, as they are less whimsical. This article will focus on the benefits of autumn planting, on the features of the choice of soil and planting material.
Advantages of autumn planting flowers
Each period for planting flowers has its own advantages. Next, a number of advantages of autumn planting will be given:
- In autumn, there is less trouble in the garden. Bulbous flowers can be planted after harvesting and cleaning the garden. Thanks to this, work can be done thoroughly and measuredly, which cannot be said about spring, since during this period, in addition to planting flowers, it is necessary to prepare the soil for planting vegetables, sow and grow seedlings.
- In autumn, high-quality planting material can be bought at a sale at better prices.
- Stratification of bulbs and plant seeds is natural in autumn. So, you do not have to additionally soak and keep planting material in the refrigerator.
- Plants tolerate transplanting more easily in the cool season. The number of pests and pathogenic bacteria decreases with the onset of autumn cold weather. The still warm soil allows the bulbs to take root before frost, which helps the flowers to germinate with the first warm spring.
- Return frosts are not terrible for the bulbs of spring flowering plants hardened over the winter.
- When planting in autumn, the growth of flowers in the spring begins earlier, and, accordingly, they will delight in flowering in early spring.
- Due to seasonal autumn rains, you can free yourself from watering bulbous flowers.
What flowers are planted in autumn
In autumn, bulbous flowers are divided, seated and planted. Among them:
- Crocuses.
- Hyacinths.
- Tulips.
- Muscari.
- Phlox paniculata.
- Pushkin.
- Scylla.
- Lilies.
- Sedum.
- Astilba.
- Peonies.
- Evening primrose shrub.
- Adonis.
- Clematis.
- Aconite.
- Rudbeckia.
- Lupine.
- Brunerra large-leaved.
- Echinacea.
Annuals planted in autumn bloom better and longer in spring. This is due to natural stratification in the soil.
When to plant bulbous flowering plants
Spring flowers from the bulbous family require a period of cold dormancy for flowering. So, from the second half of August to mid-September, the following bulbous flowers are planted:
- Crocuses.
- Astilbes.
- Daffodils.
- Muscari.
- Rudbeckia.
- Phlox.
- Pushkin.
- Solidago.
- Chionodox.
- Fritillaria or fritillaria.
In the last ten days of September, lilies, tulips and daylilies can be planted. Second-rate planting material will not germinate, so buying unsold low-quality bulbs with signs of drying out, rot and mold is not worth it. The best option is to purchase planting material from reputable sources such as nurseries, garden centers and catalogs.
Site and soil selection
Bulbous plants bloom at a time when the trees have not yet blossomed, so they can be planted under them. Scillas or scillas and crocuses look great in flower arrangements of rockeries and rock gardens.
The soil must be fertile. It should not stagnate with water. Clay soil must be mixed with sand. In some cases, heavy clogged soil is drained. Before planting flowering plants, the soil should be fertilized and watered. If necessary, it is also compacted.
Features of landing
Before planting work, you need to inspect each bulb. In this case, in the spring the plants will bloom well, they will not get sick. Bulbs with damage are treated in a solution of potassium permanganate. Places of damage also need to be treated with brilliant green. So that all the flowers in the beds or flower beds do not get sick after you have planted them, do not use those bulbs for planting that have traces of disease and decay.
It is necessary to plant bulbous flowers at a certain depth, but it all depends on the plant variety. Although there is one general rule – the layer of earth must correspond to three diameters of the bulb. For example, the diameter of the planting material is 1 cm, then it must be sprinkled with earth by 3 cm.
The easiest way to plant bulbs on the lawn. To do this, the sod layer is simply removed and the bulbs are placed in the loosened soil, and then they are again covered with a sod layer.
If you have to work with heavy soil, which is highly compacted from rains, then sand should be added to the prepared hole before planting bulbous flowers in the fall, without reducing the planting depth. If it was a dry autumn, then the planted flower bulbs should be watered abundantly, and then mulched. Fallen leaves or loose peat can serve as mulch.
A distance of 15–20 cm should be left between the bulbs. If you are planting large bulbs, and they should be planted deep in the ground, then this can be done not only by sprinkling with soil, but also by mulching and covering with spruce branches.
Therefore, after planting, they need to be covered with a greenhouse film. In the spring, you need to remove the film in time, as the bulbs can dry out.
Tulips are the least whimsical. The distance between the bulbs should be no more than 10 cm, while the depth of instillation should be three times the diameter of the bulb.
In September
In the first decade of September, solidago, rudbeckia, astilda and phlox should be transplanted. Also, gardeners during this period share the bushes. In addition, small bulbous plants are planted in the first half of September. Among them are chionodoxes, scillas, crocuses, pushkinia and muscari.
In the second decade of the month, daffodils are planted, and a week later – hyacinths. Tulips are planted in the last ten days of September. Flower planting time must be respected. For example, if you plant daffodils in the third, and not in the second decade of the month, then they will not develop roots, as a result of which the plants may not survive the winter.
In October
Planting tulips and hyacinths can be done until mid-October. Hyacinths should be planted deep into the ground – 17-20 cm, depending on the diameter of the bulb. In order to avoid waterlogging of the soil during heavy rains, the planting site of these plants should be covered with a film.
Tulips adapt well to wet and cold soil. The depth of their planting varies between 15-18 cm, depending on the size of the bulbs. Please note that tulips planted in mid-October are easier to deal with diseases and viruses, such as variegation.
In November
At this time, only tulips can be planted, and then, provided that the year turned out to be warm and this month the air temperature does not yet fall below + 5C. Otherwise, the bulbs will not only slow down in growth, but may even die.
If you bought tulip bulbs late, you can plant them at home in a container for distillation.
When is the best time to buy planting material?
If you need to purchase planting material, it is best to do this immediately before planting. However, this is not always possible, since the bulbs of summer flowers are sold at the end of winter, and in the future, the owner of the planting material will have to take care of its safety.
If you purchased planting material in advance, then place it in peat or sand, and store it in a refrigerator or basement at a temperature not exceeding 7C.
Among them are crocuses, hyacinths, tulips and daffodils. Outwardly, the bulbs may look healthy, although if they were stored in a warehouse, then their shelf life was long past.
So, in this article, the question of which bulbous flowers are planted in the spring and how to do it was considered. By adhering to the above recommendations, you can please your household with a beautiful flower bed in spring. In addition, we suggest that you watch an additional instructive video on the topic:
