For a summer full of beautiful flowers and lush foliage, consider adding summer bulbs to your gardens. Summer bulbs bloom roughly from May through September.
Most summer flowering bulbs are native to tropical and subtropical climates and will reliably bloom here for many years. They make colorful additions to summer flower gardens and landscapes, and now is a great time to plant them.
In common usage, the term “bulb” is used for any fleshy below-ground structure produced by a plant, including bulbs, tubers, corms, rhizomes and tuberous roots. Although generally not critical, it is sometimes important to know that these structures do differ significantly from one another and can influence how the plant is cultivated and propagated…