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Old 07-02-2008, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by solay View Post
No Patti. I'm a lazy gardener. I just leave them in year round. Bulbs, corns, and tubers. The only ones that don't like that are the daffodils and the narcissus. They get weak and only make leaves.

Now I wish I kept the dahlia tubers. There were some really pretty ones. Just got tired of the powdery mildew and aphids and tossed them all out one year. these two I somehow missed.

Galdioli and freesias do really well here too and I don't dig those up either. They multiply on their own.
Well, I'm a lazy gardener, too- but around here they don't survive the winter if they aren't dug up! Our Daffodils do great here! I leave them in the ground and they multiply every year. The dahlias would turn to mush if left over winter... Glads & freesia have to be dug also..)
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