Beautiful Spring Blooms make wonderful Gifts and they can live on if you know how to handle them!
Did you Know you shouldn’t throw these away after they are finished blooming?
My Plants Look Dead, What do I do now?
Many people don’t know what to do with their potted plants once they are finished blooming? Don’t you worry, though, Grammie O’s Newsletter is going to help you. After you read this you will stop throwing away lovely plants that are not really dead. You will also have a wonderful, beautiful, amazing garden to boot!
Gifts of Plants at Easter Time
We are just through celebrating Easter. I’m sure many of you were given a plant as a gift by some of your guests. Most often people will give either Lilies, which are a traditional flower for the Easter Season. Hydrangeas, are also available at Easter time. It happens to be a beautiful plant, that makes a big impact.
Many people who do not celebrate Easter, will pass on those two flowers and bring a pot of tulips in bloom to family and friends. They also could opt for Hyacinths in bloom, or a mixed bunch of cut flowers, to grace the table.
Colorful, Fragrant and Delightful Hyacinths
Plants and Bulbs
Many of the flowers that are available for Easter are actually flower bulbs that have been forced to grow just in time for the Season. But the beauty of those bulbs doesn’t stop once the flowers are finished blooming. When the flowers are spent and no longer look nice, you can cut off the flower stem. Let the leaves continue to grow. Fertilize the potted tulips or hyacinths so that the bulbs will be firm and strong. It’s the bulbs that you will want to take outdoors and plant in your garden. You can do this once the soil in your area is workable. Just dig a hole about 5 inches deep and place the spent bulb into the hole, cover and that is it! No big deal. Now it won’t flower for you again this year. Come spring next year, you will have them back for another visit, only this time it will be outdoors in your garden beds.
Did you know that Spring Bulbs are a great addition to the garden?
Lilies
Lilies and other Easter plants are also easy to move out into the garden once it warms up in your neighborhood. Just keep the plants in the pots until you are ready to move them outdoors. Water and give them light as well. Easter will be well over and then you can move them outside. Lilies will not rebloom this year but will be ready for next year. Hydrangeas, on the other hand, may rebloom, depending on the cultivar. Iif they don’t rebloom this year, they will make a return appearance next year. Beauty abounds if you take the time to replant those gifts from Easter.
Did you know that Hydrangeas love to be outside in the Garden?
GrammieO’s Newsletter will be filled with more ideas to help you garden in an economical, green and wonderful way…stay tuned for more.
Now that spring has come, you can really plant them. One more saved from the throw away culture.