- Flower bulb history - Flower bulb production - Bulb flower
production - Landscaping information - Essay items - Spring
blooming bulbs - Summer blooming bulbs - Autumn blooming bulbs
Using flower bulbs in gardens and parks When using flower bulbs
in gardens and parks, it is important to know whether the bulbs
will perform as annuals or perennials. To find out more about
this, the IBC and Applied Plant Research (PPO) conducted a study
on the perennial flowering of flower bulbs There are still many
questions about whether flower bulbs should be seen as annual or
perennial plants. Since almost all summer-flowering bulbous,
cormous and tuberous plants such as dahlias, gladioli and
begonias originate from tropical or subtropical regions, they
can tolerate no frost at all and can thus be treated as annuals.
The exceptions to this rule are lilies, crocosmias, anemones and
many other special bulbous plants that can indeed perform as
perennials in our temperate climate. All the autumn-flowering
cormous and tuberous p