Turn your garden into miniature Heaven!
Plants and Gardens are a big part of household life. Flowering plants add an extra dimension to the outlook and reflect the persona of a well-maneuvered estate.
Planting Spring flowering bulbs is a significant method to make your garden noticeable. The colorful flowers add an indomitable aura to your personality as well. Some of the best flowers to plant in Texas are as following:
Muscari
These urn-shaped flowers are popular during Spring. They have another name, Grape Hyacinth- for grape-like flowering branches, but in the USA is commonly known as Bluebells. The color of the flower varies from pale blue to very dark blue. Muscari is the first bulb flower to bloom in the garden during Spring. They need little maintenance after the blooming of the bulbs. If you select Muscari to be planted in your garden, what we do is, apply some manure to the soil in late autumn and a layer of mulch to keep the weeds down. Muscari does best in well-drained soil and full sun.
Gladiolus
Gladiolus are planted two weeks before the last expected spring frost. They grow best in full sun with good water drainage. The surrounding area for Gladiolus planting should be open as other plants or weeds may harm their growth. The corms are generally planted 2 to 6 inches deep, and covered with 2 inches of soil. When the plants begin to grow, water-soluble fertilizer may be administered to ensure unhampered growth. Planting bulbs in Texas sometimes starts with extensive planting of Gladiolus.
Freesia
One word for Freesia that they are Beautiful! Spring flower garden in Texas seems incomplete without Freesia. They have such an alluring fragrance, which makes it hard to resist. They grow in a conical corm, sending up a tuft of narrow leaves, and the spikes of the flower contain six tepals. Freesia bulbs are planted 2 inches deep and 2 to 4 feet apart. They bloom 10 to 12 weeks after planting the corm. The hardiness zone 9 works best for them. And it is good to plant them in masses rather than laying Freesia in rows.
Daffodils
Daffodil bulbs are easy to plant, require nearly no maintenance, and they multiply rapidly. They are conspicuous flowers with six petal-like tepals surmounted by a cup- or trumpet-shaped crown. They come in white, yellow, orange, or pink colors. The bulbs lie dormant in the beginning after planting. The flower stem and leaves originate from the bulb, to emerge in Spring. Daffodils were used in ancient civilizations for medicinal purposes. They produce several different alkaloids, which can be poisonous if accidentally ingested.
Canna
The name originated from Latin, Cane, or Reed. Cannas are flamboyant flowering plants, easy to grow in parts of the world, including Texas. They are large tropical perennial plants, and in some places, cannas are eaten as a good source of starch. Canna lilies are big and bold as horticulturists have developed them to be sizable flowering garden ornaments. Cannas grow best if the soil temperature is 15-degree Celcius or warmer. They can grow in narrow spaces and looks fantastic when backlit by the sun.
Crocus
Pushing the moribund environment of winter quivers Crocuses reappear, bringing the colorful delights of Spring. The name is derived from the greek to Saffron. Crocus plants are relatively small with grass-like leaves. These perennials bloom in a variety of colors – pink, reds, oranges, yellow, purple, blue, and more. In fall before the earth freezes, crocus plants can be planted anywhere in the garden. Crocus bulbs (called corms) come year after year without any particular care, and they do best if planted in clusters. We recommend planting crocus bulbs in Texas from October to November.
Carolina Lily
Native to Texas, Carolina Lilies, or Texas Lilies are found deep in the woods of east Texas. The flowers are either solitary or umbles of up to 4 flowers, blooming in early Spring, right after the Peony. They are often regarded as Heirloom plants and perfect to grow in hardiness zone 8 to10. They come in magnificently exposed colors.
Peony Tulip Bulb
Peony is named after Paeon, a student of the Greek god of medicine and healing. Peony Tulips are large, with deeply lobed leaves, colorful and resplendent blossoms, and it is leverage to see them blooming in the garden. With a family of almost 40 species, all Peony’s are deciduous perennial shrubs. They bloom from April to May or June and require minimum maintenance.
Snakeshead Fritillary
Fritillary is native to Europe but one of the exquisite jewels to your garden. It has many names like chess flower, frog-cup, guinea-hen flower, guinea flower, leper lily, Lazarus bell, chequered lily, chequered daffodil, etc. These are new in fashion to plant in Texas, but their beautiful checkered pattern has won over people’s hearts in no time. Damp, humus-rich, but free-draining soil is suitable for Fritillaries to grow. We plant the little bulbs 12 cm deep and meet the challenge of damp soil, one major of its growth requirement through carefully choosing the hybrids for cultivars.
Puschikinia
Puschikinia is called a Russian snowdrop bulb. These bulbous ornamental plants are native to the middle east, leaves are strap-like and grow in pairs. The flowers bloom in early spring and grow up to 10 cm high. The six tepals join at the base to form a tube about half of their length. They like their space, so they need to look for overcrowding when planting them in the garden. They bloom from March to April.
Allium Bulbs
So you might be thinking, why would I grow onions in my flower garden? But normal onions, they are not. There are more than 700 different types of alliums in the world. Globe- shaped ornamental alliums possess extraordinary beauty of purple fluster. They are drought-tolerant plants and often planted during the fall to see the results in Spring. They are very much deer resistant and bloom in hundreds of small flowers from one single bud.
Petunia
Most of the varieties seen in the garden of Petunias are hybrid. They grow well in at least five to six-hour of sun and moist, well-drained soil. Most of the petunias are perennial and fun to grow. Their stem is covered with soft hair. These beautiful funnel-shaped flowers grow from early to late Spring. Apart from beautifying your garden, they also grow in window sills or containers.
Maintenance Tips for Spring Flowers in Texas
Other remarkable spring flowers might be the Texas Lilacs or Forsythias according to your choice and need. The flowering plants in Spring emerge fruitfully if proper handling is met in the plantation period. Cleaning out the garden of leaves and leftover snow is necessary for preparing the bed. We also need to get rid of the weeds from roots to make sure they don’t grow back. Adding some moisture to the dried-out soil works like magic for planted flowering bulbs. We can always add some mulch along with fertilizers and manure for better maintenance of the soil. Mulch also helps maintain the temperature. Planting new flowers along with the caring for old ones balanced the ecology of the garden.
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