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- Pick faded blooms but allow greenery to die off naturally before picking. Braid leaves to keep them tidy.
- Divide over grown winter iris and order later flowering varieties for mid - summer planting if you haven't already done so.
- Continue to feed bulbs after blooms fade. Remember, if you add to much fertilizer to your tulips the colors will run. Tulips prefer a pure, loamy soil.
- Once all danger of frost has past, you can move your Easter Lily plants out into a sunny spot in your garden. Be sure to mulch the roots of the plant over winter and remove the mulch again in spring. You'll enjoy your Easter Lilies for years to come.
- Remember, once Easter Lilies have established in your garden they will bloom in mid-summer, rather than spring. If you want Easter Lilies to bloom at Easter, you will need to force the bulbs.
- The soil around Stargazer Lilies and daffodils should be kept moist and mulched during growing period. Later, throughout the summer a thorough drying will do them good. They will not do as well if you keep the bed watered to suit the needs of other plants.
- To keep deer away from Asiatic Lilies, mix a concoction containing: Hot Peppers, Garlic cloves, liquid soap and water. Spray the lilies with this mixture to fend off deer.
- Many wild daffodils will naturalize or spread. You don't have to do anything. Lift, divide and replant naturalized bulbs if they become overcrowded .
- Watch out for thrips on your Daffodils. Thrips are insects that will cause the leaves and flowers to turn pale silver, then brown and eventually die. If you find an infestation; remove and destroy the infested part and use lace wings soap or green lace wings to eliminate thrips.
For guaranteed year round color in your garden buy a garden gnome:)
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