Spring Bulbs
October and November are ideal months for planting bulbs to flower in the spring. Among the favorites: anemones, grape hyacinths, scillias, lily-of-the-valley, snowflakes, and refrigerated tulip bulbs. Summer caladium bulbs should be dug when leaves die back, or just after the first frost. You can dry bulbs by placing them in a sunny spot each day until clinging soil and leaves can be easily removed. Then pack in old dry sawdust, sand, peat moss or wrap in newspapers. Store in a frost-free spot until planting time next spring. Their showy leaves add to the summer garden.