GreenlySummer bulbs and tubers
Dahlia, Freesia, Gladiolus, Poppy anemone, Ranunculus and Tuberous Begonia: their cards plant them as bulbs or tubers in spring, and they flower the same season.
Dahliatubers · spring
Freesiabulbs · spring
Gladiolusbulbs · spring
Poppy anemonetubers · spring
Ranunculustubers · spring
Tuberous Begoniatubers · spring
Care at a glance
| Plant | Life span | Started as | Planting season | First flowers | Flowering lasts | Frost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dahlia | grown for one season | tubers | spring | 70 days after growth starts | 80 days | does not tolerate frost |
| Freesia | perennial | bulbs | spring | 56 days after growth starts | 60 days | does not tolerate frost |
| Gladiolus | grown for one season | bulbs | spring | 70 days after growth starts | 21 days | does not tolerate frost |
| Poppy anemone | grown for one season | tubers | spring | 63 days after growth starts | 60 days | does not tolerate frost |
| Ranunculus | grown for one season | tubers | spring | 70 days after growth starts | 45 days | tolerates light frost |
| Tuberous Begonia | grown for one season | tubers | spring | 70 days after growth starts | 90 days | does not tolerate frost |
How this list is made
Chosen by the card: planted as bulbs, tubers or rhizomes, planting season spring. Every figure on this page comes from the plant cards; each plant’s page lists the sources.
Other plant lists
- Perennial garden flowers
- Annual flowers from seed
- Bulbs to plant in autumn
- Long-flowering plants
- Flowers for shade
- Flowers to sow straight into the bed
- Quick-flowering annuals
- Hardy annuals
- Flowers to start from seedlings
- Shrubs to prune after flowering
- Garden flowers in January: sowing, planting and flowering
- Garden flowers in February: sowing, planting and flowering
- Garden flowers in March: sowing, planting and flowering
- Garden flowers in April: sowing, planting and flowering
- Garden flowers in May: sowing, planting and flowering
- Garden flowers in June: sowing, planting and flowering
- Garden flowers in July: sowing, planting and flowering
- Garden flowers in September: sowing, planting and flowering
- Garden flowers in October: sowing, planting and flowering
- Garden flowers in November: sowing, planting and flowering
