Getting Tulips to Bloom for Two Months
by: Doug Green
Would you like to have tulips blooming for two months in your garden? Planting a few each of the following different types will ensure a long season color show.
For the most part, the species tulips bloom the earliest.
You?ll know they are species because they have those fancy Latin names on the labels.
You?ll see name like ?greigii?, ?kaufmanniana?, and ?tarda?.
While they bloom earlier than the hybrids, they are also the shortest so do make sure you plant them at the front of the garden.
And, if you want a naturalized looking garden, the species tulips are the most natural looking and will tend to self-sow.
As a rule of thumb, the later the tulip blossom comes, the taller the flower. The next earliest bloomers are only slightly taller than the earliest species tulips.
Blooming at twelve to eighteen inches are the mid-season bloomers.
You?ll see names like ?fosteriana?, ?single early? and ?double early? on those enticing labels.
Most of these have sturdy stems to hold the flowers upright in spring storms so you can plant them almost anywhere in the garden.
Do note that most of the colors of these plants fall into the hot red, yellow and orange part of our color wheel.
Designers use them because they provide an exciting dash of spring color and contrast well with the emerging leaves of nearby perennials.
Then we come to the late season tulips.
These big guys bloom towards the end of May and you?ll find names such as ?lily flowering?, ?single late?, ?double late?, ?viridiflora? and ?parrot tulips?.
Most of these later tulips reach for the sky (they get knocked down in storms) and hold their flowers eighteen to twenty four inches above the ground.
They also come in the widest range of colors and flower at the same time as your early perennials.
About The Author
Doug Green is an award winning garden author (7 books published) who answers gardening questions in his free newsletter at http://www.flower-garden-bulbs.com.
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What a Five-Year-Old Taught Me About Decorating
What a Five-Year-Old Taught Me About Decorating
by: LaJoyce Kerns
My 5-year-old grandson is getting his own room.
He?s very excited at the prospect and quite determined to put his own personal stamp on the decorating process.
I like to listen to him explain why certain things must be certain ways; it?s an entertaining and charming view of the world through his eyes.
I listened when he shared his decorating ideas, and this is what he taught me (my poor adult interpretations are in parentheses):
You should use your favorite color a lot (if you like pink or green or red, don?t be afraid to use it as much as you can).
If you don?t like a color, don?t use it (doesn?t matter what anyone says is popular, if you don?t like it, don?t use it).
You need room to put all your good stuff out where you can see it and play with it (don?t store your treasures away, display them).
When you get tired of something, hide...
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Color Printing on a Tight Budget
Color Printing on a Tight Budget
by: Viojieley Gurrobat
The wide array of colors available in printing today offer a lot of option to all people with printing needs. This wide array of choices tempts people to use a lot of colors and some other extras that they don?t really need for the print job. This often leads to excessive spending and waste of money. Hence, in order to save money and create a stylish and alluring print job, it is essential to decide what color and how much color to use beforehand. This is the first thing you should think of before getting your print project done as your choice of color will have a great effect on the final look and final cost of the job.
Spot color is the simplest and most commonly used printing method. This process allows you to add one or more specific colors to your printing job to add some excitement and sparkle to your brochures, catalogs or business cards without breaking your budget. Although the...
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Color Printing on a Tight Budget
Color Printing on a Tight Budget
by: Viojieley Gurrobat
The wide array of colors available in printing today offer a lot of option to all people with printing needs. This wide array of choices tempts people to use a lot of colors and some other extras that they don?t really need for the print job. This often leads to excessive spending and waste of money. Hence, in order to save money and create a stylish and alluring print job, it is essential to decide what color and how much color to use beforehand. This is the first thing you should think of before getting your print project done as your choice of color will have a great effect on the final look and final cost of the job.
Spot color is the simplest and most commonly used printing method. This process allows you to add one or more specific colors to your printing job to add some excitement and sparkle to your brochures, catalogs or business cards without breaking your budget. Although the...
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The Basics of Magazine Printing
The Basics of Magazine Printing
by: Viojieley Gurrobat
Reading magazines or newspaper has been a part of our life ever since these printed materials came into circulation. Every image, text or message written and printed in these materials have continuously informed and amazed us. But have you ever bothered to take a moment in your busy life and wonder, even for just a minute or two, how these stunning pieces of art came into existence? Is it easy to produce these magazines and newspapers? Do they use special machines? How much does it cost to print one copy of a magazine?
Well, those questions will be best left for professionals to answer. However, there are certain factors you can take note of when considering printing a magazine for your business or for any event for that matter. Just like any other print job, magazine printing needs careful and proper planning to ensure that the finished product will look exactly the way you want it to be....
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Modern Decor Tip: Blend Not Match
Modern Decor Tip: Blend Not Match
by: Bridget Greuel
Are you having a difficult time trying to match the colors of the different pieces in your modern color scheme? Want to know how Interior Designers solve this problem? I'll let you in on the secret...they blend not match. You can do it too. In fact, I recommend it because it will allow you the freedom of being able to incorporate more pieces into the color scheme and it will make your life easier too since you won't go crazy trying to make all of your decor match perfectly!
How do you determine what blends and what doesn't? A good rule of thumb is to stand back and look at the pieces in question together and to go with your gut feeling or (if you don't quite trust your eye for color) seek out a second opinion from a friend or family member with a good eye. This method is especially helpful when you're working with a pattern that may take on one general color when viewed from a distance. I...
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Blue Lobsters Are Real!
Blue Lobsters Are Real!
by: James Smith
Lobsters are supposed to be red right? ... Well, yes and no.
Most live american lobsters are naturally colored an olive green or mottled dark greenish brown. In rare cases, lobsters come in shades of bright blue, white (albino), yellow, black, and red have been reported from time to time. Perhaps the most unusual colors are the "half-and-half" lobsters with a line straight down their backs where the two colors meet.
The major pigment in a lobster's shell, astaxanthin, is actually bright red in its free state; but in the lobster's shell astaxanthin is chemically bound to proteins that change it to a greenish color.
When lobsters are cooked, heat breaks down these bonds, freeing the astaxanthin so that it reverts to its normal red color.
So how does a lobster turn bright blue?
A genetic defect has been found that causes a blue lobster to produce an excessive amount of protein....
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