A HORTICULTURE EXPERT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION SAYS NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME TO PLANT SPRING BULBS. 

THE EXTENSION’S KELLY ALSUP SAYS WHILE MOST BULBS THRIVE IN THE SUN…SOME, LIKE GRAPE HYACINTH AND CROCUS ALSO DO WELL IN THE SHADE. SHE SAYS YOU SHOULDN’T PLANT IN SOIL THAT IS TOO WET OR HAS POOR DRAINAGE AND RECOMMENDS GETTING A TOOL TO MAKE THE JOB A LITTLE EASIER.

SHE SAYS MOST BULBS ARE PRETTY EASY TO GROW.

BULBS ARE USUALLY PLANTED TWO TO THREE TIMES AS DEEP AS THE BULB IS TALL, BUT RESEARCH OUT OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY FOUND THAT TULIPS PLANTED JUST TWO TO FOUR INCHES DEEP PRODUCED MORE FLOWERS.