Forcing Spring Bulbs Indoors in Alberta
In Calgary, the coldest month averages a nightly low of 8.2°F, and the region sits in Canadian hardiness zone 4a.
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In Calgary, the coldest month averages a nightly low of 8.2°F, and the region sits in Canadian hardiness zone 4a.
In Alberta, the threat to spring bulbs in pots isn’t a lack of cold winter chill.
An unheated garage that holds steady in the high 30s does more for a bulb here than any greenhouse.
Alaska’s cold season doesn’t lack chill, it has more of it than almost any bulb needs.
Alabama’s winter rarely gets cold enough, for long enough, to chill spring bulbs the way they need in the ground.
In Alabama, the obstacle with spring bulbs in pots isn’t a pot freezing solid through the roots.
West Virginia’s mountain winters run cold enough to satisfy nearly every classic spring bulb, but timing and location inside the state matter more here…
Western Washington’s cool, wet winters answer the two questions every bulb catalog assumes you already know: when to plant, and whether your ground gets…
Spring bulbs go into Virginia soil on a schedule tied to the first fall frost, but timing is only half of what decides whether they bloom.
Plant spring bulbs in Vermont from mid-September through late October in most valley locations, earlier at higher elevations and in the Northeast Kingdom.