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It’s Easter Weekend, and
chances are, you may have one or several of these plants in your home. If
you do, don’t pitch them out after Easter…we’re going to recycle them!
If you have any spring
flowering bulbs like tulips, daffs and hyacinths, after they finish
flowering, remove the spent flowers stem and all, feed the bulbs with a
water soluble fertilizer, and keep growing them in a sunny location until
they begin to yellow. Once that happens, cut off the foliage, remove the
bulbs from the pots, and plant them in the ground for next spring’s flowers!
If you have a flowering
hydrangea, chances are it’s a macrophylla type, so after the flowers are
spent, go ahead and remove those spent flowers, feed with a water soluble
fertilizer, and keep growing this one like a houseplant until May…then move
it outside to a shady spot for a few days, then plant it in the ground on
the east side of your house, where it will get morning sun and afternoon
shade.
If you have an Easter
lily, after it finishes flowering, remove the entire spent flower head at
the top and let it keep growing like a houseplant, feeding it with a water
soluble fertilizer. When May gets here, cut the lily back 2/3 and plant it
in a sunny location in the garden. It should regrow and possibly flower
again the same summer!
Remember with the Easter
lilies, they are very toxic to cats. So if your cat is a plant chewer, you
may want to choose another type of Easter Flower. |
