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This End Up: Bulb-Planting Tips

Use these planting tips so you can enjoy a beautiful display of spring-flowering bulbs.

Tulip

 

Tulip

Perhaps the best-recognized spring bulb, most high-quality tulip bulbs will be 2 to 3 inches tall and should be planted about 6 to 10 inches deep. Many experts say deeper planting helps the bulbs produce better flowers. Most tulips have flat bottoms; plant them pointy side up.

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