Fall Flower Bulbs

It is recommended to plant fall flower bulbs in the autumn before the first winter frosts.

Make sure that you are not going to put your bulbs into frozen ground. At the same time it is best that the weather is not likely to become warmer again - this can be difficult to predict sometimes, but just listen to the forecast every day and do not ignore the signs of mother nature.

Most varieties of bulbs that will turn into flowering plants in spring need a few weeks of very low temperatures, near freezing and even below-freezing, otherwise they will not perform as well during blooming.

The natural process of the cold in the winter months ensures that the plants will grow and flower well in the spring and summer of the following year. This is the reason why bulbs should be planted during the fall / autumn months in order that they receive that natural process of cooling off over the winter when they are already in the ground.

It is important to find the right location for your Fall Flower Bulbs. Light conditions will play an exceedingly important role in growth and development of the pants. Here are a few lists of fall bulbs with recommendations relating to the light conditions each type prefer.

Full Sun Lovers - Fall Flower Bulbs

Foxtail Lily - full sun
Sparaxis -- full day sun

Full Sun to Partial Shade - Fall Flower Bulbs

Calla Lily - full sun to partial shade
Colchicum - not that fussy, can take both partial shade and full sun
Foxglove - shade, part shade, sun
Gladiolus - sunny planting location
Hollyhock - full sun to partial shade
Honey Lily - tolerates planting in sun or shade
Sky Blue Lilly - sun or slight shade
Spring Beauty - full sun and partial shade
Stokes Aster - full sun or partial shade
White Buttercups - full sun to partial shade

Partial shade lovers - Fall Flower Bulbs

Camassia - partial shade
Christmas Rose - partial shade
English Bluebells - partial shade
Fern - Hardy Mix - does not tend to tolerate direct sunlight, prefers partial shade
Potentilla - partial shade
Glory of the Snow - light shade
Ranunculus - partial shade or indirect sunlight
Snowdrop - partial shade
Winter Aconite - partial shade, tolerates deeper shade if a soil is rich in humus