Can someone please help me? I'm new to gardening and I have a few questions?

Question

Thanks to everyone for the help, I live in Ontario, Canada zone 5. I have a few questions:
1: I have 12 lilly bulbs and 2 day lilly bulbs and I want to plant them now because I don't want them to die over the winter in my closet. I know they probably won't come up this year, but will they come up next year?
2: I have 35 gladiolis, I would also like to plant them now because I'm scared of them dieing. Should I plant them now for them to come up next year? Do I have to take them out for Winter?
3: I have Dahlia bulbs, Liatris, and sedum bulbs, should i plant those now too to come up for next year?
4: I have Canterbury Bells seeds, and they are biennuals. Should I plant them now to come up next year? Or is it to late? Will they bloom next year?
5. I also have columbine seeds. They are biennual too, is it too late to plant them so that they bloom next year? Will they bloom next year i plant them now?
6: Will any seeds, or bulbs last through winter in a cool, dark place?
Thanks all!

ummm i'm not sure why you gave me that link, but if your wondering why i posted it twice its because i didn't get very many good ansers in my previous one.

Answer 1

1) You can plant the lilies and day lilies now; how long have you been storing them? If stored too long they may not be viable.
2) Glads are not winter hardy in Ontario and will not have enough time to grow and make a strong new corm before winter this year. Store in a cool, dry place til next spring; plant in mid May up to mid June. They need to be lifted in September and stored over winter.
3) Dahlia is treated like gladiolis. Liatris you could try planting now but with only 2 months of growing season left, the young plants may not be strong enough to survive winter. Sedum is not a bulb, do you mean something else?
4) Its late in the season to plant seeds, the young seedlings may not survive the winter with so little time left this summer. Save for next year.
5) Ditto
6) The best bet for saving seeds and bulbs is a cool, dark place. When did you buy the bulbs -- if this will be their second winter in storage they may not all be viable next spring but you really have no other option -- its too late now to plant them as the first frost in Ontario can be expected mid Sept.
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Answer 2

1. Plant the lily root, (not bulbs). They may even bloom this season but it is the right time. 2. Do not plant them now. In zone 5 it is really too late so just wait until next year. (I live in zone 5) They will be fine stored in a cool dry place. If you did plant them now you will have to take out for the winter... they can not survive in zone 5 winters. 3. Wait until next year. You might get results this year with the dahlia but they have to be removed for the winter. Sedums will winter over. Plant the Liatris. 4. Plant them now, what do you have to loose? I scatter my annual seeds when I remove the plants from my garden and they grow the next year. The bi-annuals self seed. 5. My Columbine seeds self sow and so do the foxgloves. Put them in now for next year. 6. Yes. that is where I store dahlias and tuberous begonias even in planters. The ones in the ground are dug and dried and stored for the following year. I have nearly 60 varieties of hybrid daylilies (about a hundred plants) and many many perennials. The annuals that grow in my garden are mostly forget-me -nots, bachelor buttons, cleomes etc. They all self seed or when I pull them out I just shake them to have their seeds drop and I am inundated with flowers the next year. Make it easy on yourself.

Answer 3

1. Plant them now.

2. plant them now.

3. plant them now. Dig the dahila bulbs up before the first frost, and store in a cool dry place for the winter. (NOT in plastic bags - they'll rot!)

4. plant them now. They may bloom bloom next year.

5. sow them now. Just scratch the soil, throw them down, and ruffle the soil again. They need light to germinate. My columbine self-seed readily. I also grab the dry seedheads when they're full of seeds, and sprinkle them wherever I want them to come up the following year. They may bloom next year. The year after for sure. Learn to identify the young columbine plants, as they don't get very tall the first year (and of course no flower stalks), and I have sometimes weeded them out of my garden beds when I wasn't paying attention.

6. Most seeds will store very nicely. The germination rate will go down a bit each year, so sow older seeds more thickly than fresh ones. Put bulbs in brown paper bags, maybe with a little peat moss, and put in a cool dark place. If they are desicated or mushy the following srping. Toss them. If firm, plant them.

Answer 4

Hello. I don't know a thing about the climate where you are.Most bulbs are planted in the spring.As the early spring rain gets them growing, it is the warm sun which brings them on.What a lot of people do is put bulbs in a plastic pot and bury whole thing in ground. If you have severe winters you can take them out and store them somewhere dark and dry over winter.They don't need watering or antything.They will remain dormant.Looking at your list, I would plant them all in your early spring.If your not certain your local garden center will put you right.Good Luck!

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