How to Plant Spring Flowers in the Fall
To enjoy flowers year round, plan the design of your flower beds accordingly to enhance the landscape around your home. Flowers must be planted at the correct time of the year when the conditions are favorable for their growth. By first learning how to plant spring flowers in the fall, you can rest assured that your flowers will grow and thrive.
Supplies
- Flower Bulbs
- Peat Moss
- Fertilizer
- Shovel
Instructions
- Purchase your favorite bulbs at a nursery, online or through a mail order catalog.
- Buy good quality bulbs that are large, firm to the touch and that have a good color.
- Purchase several different varieties so that you can have flowers in the winter and at the beginning of summer.
- Plant bulbs when the temperature of the soil drops down to under 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Choose an area to plant your bulbs that get at least six hours of sun a day, with sufficient drainage.
- Prepare beds by digging up six to eight inches of dirt, adding peat moss and then fertilizing.
- Use the shovel to dig the holes for your bulbs. Plant large bulbs at least four to six inches apart and plant small bulbs one to two inches apart.
- Place the bulbs in the ground with the pointy end up and the bulbs upright.
- Place fertilizer a couple of inches away from the new plants that appear in the spring.
- Divide overcrowded plants every couple of years as needed. Begin dividing them when the leaves start to turn yellow.
- Replant and fertilize the divided flowers as soon as possible.
- Move perennial flowers that bloom in the spring after they bloom, but before the foliage withers.