I have always been fond of growing flowering plants from bulbs.This year I tried many varieties of bulbs that flourish in spring in our region .But unfortunately I guess weather remained too warm for the bulbs to grow naturally.Many of the bulbs did not survive the unpredictable climate .
Anemone bulbs are one of them which I somehow managed to successfully grow and brought them to flourish eventually.
This is the anemone bulb that has been soaked in water for 12 hours for rapid germination.After that for preparing potting soil for plantation of bulb:
Composition of Potting soil must involve around 60 % of River sand ,30 % of Garden soil ,10 % of compost with small amount of Fungicide powder to protect bulb from rotting .
After around two months with severely low growth buds starting to appear on the plant
Anemone bulbs are one of them which I somehow managed to successfully grow and brought them to flourish eventually.
This is the anemone bulb that has been soaked in water for 12 hours for rapid germination.After that for preparing potting soil for plantation of bulb:
Composition of Potting soil must involve around 60 % of River sand ,30 % of Garden soil ,10 % of compost with small amount of Fungicide powder to protect bulb from rotting .
After around two months with severely low growth buds starting to appear on the plant
I had planted two bulbs of the colors unknown which came out to be brightest blooms within three months from sowing bulbs.
Few tips to care to be taken :
They don't prefer overwatering alike every other bulb ,soil must be well drained to achieve desired results,with more of river sand in potting soil .
They can be grown in partial to full sun in winter period ,but protected from direct sunlight while blooming stage has reached.
Its spring time best season for flowers to flourish and also to sow seeds of summer annuals and vegetables . I had tried growing Morning glory annual vine through seeds with a unique method that Ill be sharing in my upcoming posts .
Arun, I love anemones but as you said sometimes is difficult to make them grow when things get too hot, that is the problem here, spring gets very hot quickly. Wish you a very nice weekend!
ReplyDeleteYaah ,I could relate to it since our winter is reducing every year.
DeleteSo lovely!
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DeleteOh, yes, so beautiful. I have always admired gardeners who have such good luck with bulbs. I have never managed to do anything with them. Thanks for sharing yours with us.
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Yah I was fortunate enough to bear the fruits of my labor.Thanks for visiting...
DeleteThese are lovely blossoms! I need to find some of these bulbs for my garden!
ReplyDeleteYah they are lovely but tricky to grow,Thanks for visiting.
DeleteYou have cold climate there to grow this bulb, which at first sight i thought is a well done chicken drumstick! Haha. I also collect bulbs, but in the form of hippeastrum. They tolerate very hot climate like ours.
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