Flowers and plants

Bulbs and tuberous plants

This page contains following subjects:

• Introduction
• Use
• Care
• Some species

Introduction

Bulb-, and tuberous plants have below the surface thick roots-, or parts of the stems. It are without exception herbal plants. Bulbs have layers, example as an Allium or Hyacinthus. Tuberous plants  have a compact inside, such as a potato or Crocus. Root sticks as we can see by Convallaria majalis or thick roots (root bulbs) like by Dahlia, are a type of special roots.

Use

Bulbs and tuberals can be used in the garden as border plants, between the grass, as lower plants, in the lawn, as cut flower or in a planter. We plant them in:

• autumn: Crocus, Tulipa, Narcissus, Hyacinthus.
• spring: Anemone, Freesia, Gladiolus, Dahlia.

For flower art bulb-, and tuberals have many possibilities. You can use the bulbs or tuberals in a flower arrangement. More common is the use of the flowers. We have a large choice and they are available almost the year around.
Bulbs are also to use in winter time to bring them in flower in the house, we do this for Christmas or as winter arrangement.

A good care of this kind of bulb flowers is very important. Most of them are tender species, who need a good care. This means after harvest we put them on water within a special Chrysal. Not to warm and not too close in a bucket and not too stiff in paper. Most species, except by Hyacinthus we cut of the white lower part of the stem. 

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Last update of this page 23.05.2004