Dahlias: This is my first year growing them, as many gardeners and books had instructed me that they don't grow here.Next year - rich soil, full winter sun, plant in early November. Still, I had several dozen lovely blooms for a small investment. I planted these in too shady a spot this year, and by the time they bloomed, we started to have our typical intermittent heat waves. That might incline you to believing that they grow in marshy, wet soil (which would be entirely wrong - they're actually sold as xeriscaping bulbs) I think the name more likely comes from their star-shaped, crinkled rhizomes, which look a lot like little frogs. I remember reading somewhere that the name means little frog ( rana in Latin). Ranunculus asiaticus (Persian buttercups): Plant as soon as cool weather starts.I don't mean this to be a comprehensive list, but here goes with the bulbs I have grown in my garden, with some comments on their performance: However, many bulbs from temperate climates can't cope with Florida's heat, humidity, and "soil." Bulbs from the southern hemisphere, particularly from South Africa, do very well here. These are distinct storage organs, but from the gardener's perspective, there's really little difference.) As a rule of thumb, we can grow virtually any bulb if planted at the right time of the year, including tulips and daffodils. (Now, of course, the pictures above and the discussion here is not limited to bulbs, but includes rhizomes (and their ally, the tuber) and corms. That's far from the truth, though gardeners need to choose their bulbs carefully. Because we can't grow (perennially, in any case) tulips, hyacinths and daffodils, there's a strange idea common to Central Florida that we cannot grow bulbs at all.
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