Flowering Batteries: Summer Blooming Bulbs

This informative and entertaining ebook explores several summer-blooming bulbs, tubers, rhizomes, or corms that will enhance your summer gardening pleasure. Some of these plants, like dahlias, gladiolus, and lilies, are popular garden inhabitants. In contrast, many others are relatively obscure or unrealized. We should become more aware of and enjoy these highly colorful and sometimes fragrant flowers. This publication describes several rare types to consider for your summer-to-fall blooming garden. These plants have different energy storage structures that light up this year's beautiful flower displays by absorbing the previous summer's sunlight. They are, in essence, living solar light rechargeable batteries! They are also considered perennials—able to multiply, grow, and bloom each year. Unfortunately, many are not exceptionally hardy but will do well as outstanding container plantings and require indoor winter storage. The following plants offer generous blooming and vivid floral colors and scents.. No matter where you plant the following bulbs, they will provide you with plenty of beautiful summer-to-fall flowers. Not many garden centers offer these unacquainted bulbs. Still, you should investigate some outstanding bulb specialty business catalogs and websites that will likely offer them for sale.