Hi, this is Yolanda Vanveen. And in this segment, we're going to
learn all about identifying flower bulbs. There are so many
types of flower bulbs in the world. There's thousands of
varieties. But they all follow the same type of rules, so
there's roots, there's tubers, there's corms, and a bulb
definition is any plant that goes dormant for any period of
time. So, any bulb that still stays alive once it dies back,
'cause it's got the root under the ground is considered a bulb.
So for example an agapanthus is considered a bulb in Oregon
because it dies back in the winter. But in California it's not
because it's green all winter long. So a bulb is any plant that
goes dormant and let's show a few varieties. So rhizomes are
these tube type bulbs. These are bearded iris, so they're a
tuber. But iris also come in bulb form, where they look just
like a Hershey's kiss candy. So they can still be a Dutch iris
if they look like a Hershey's kiss candy or they can be this
bearded iris if they look like a tube. Then there