Zone 5 Flowering Plant Bulbs

Choosing the Right Flowering Bulbs for Fall Planting

As most people know, planting flowers per season can be a little hard to do if you do not know what you are doing. The first thing you must know when planting flowers is if the flowers you are ordering are for your hardiness zone. During the fall season is the time to plant your bulbs to have them in the ground to provide you with beauty come the following spring and summer seasons.

An easy way to find out your hardiness zone is to look at a hardiness zone map. You can view a basic hardiness zone map by clicking here. The fall plants we will be discussing in this article will fall in hardiness zone 5. You will notice this is he darker green color on the map and runs mostly east to west through the middle of the United States, heading north towards the western side of the country.

Daffodils - One of the most hardly of the bulb flowers. You will come to find that daffodils come in an arrangement of colors and styles. When choosing daffodils you will want to factor in the time in the season you will want your daffodils in bloom. If you would like your daffodils to bloom from February to May an assortment of early bloomers and late bloomers should be mixed together.

Allium - Allium is also known as the ornamental onion bulb. The allium produces a beautiful flower that comes in an assortment of colors. One of the major pluses to Allium beside its beauty is that it is resistant to rabbits, deer, and squirrel. The allium plant blooms in late spring to early may with the blooms lasting between 3 and 4 weeks.

Tulips - The tulips is one of the widely known beautiful bulb flowers. Tulips are in bloom as early as April lasting until May depending on the type of Tulips you choose for your garden. Due to the fact that there are many styles and types of Tulips you can choose for your garden you can easily fill your early blooming garden with a rainbow of colors.

Lilies - Lilies are a very hardy fall bulb for zone 5 depending on the type of Lilies you are looking to plant in your garden. There are various styles and types of lilies for you to choose from for your early to late summer blooming needs. Lilies come in an assortment of colors, heights, and blooming season.