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Bulb shapes and sizes
Bulbous plants have thickened underground storage organs commonly called bulbs. Not all bulbous plants produce true bulbs, other specialized underground storage organs include corms, tubers, tuberous roots and rhizomes.

Dr. Bob's Gardening Tips - UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture
Not all bulbous plants produce true bulbs, other specialized underground storage organs include corms, tubers, tuberous roots and rhizomes. Special care should be taken when dividing dahlia tuberous roots to ensure that each tuberous root has a piece of crown bearing a healthy bud.

Solving Colchicum Problems
Prevent this by laying down a mulch layer over the corms right after the ground freezes in the fall. Moles tunnel through beds in search of earthworms and insects, but mice also use their tunnels to get at the corms.

Solving Gladiola Problems
Bulb mites are about 1/50 inch long, barely visible to the unaided eye. They attack below ground on gladiolus corms which become hard and light chocolate-brown colored. The dried corm pulp breaks up into corky fragments, on which hundreds of mites feed.

Dr. Bob's Gardening Tips - UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture
A "true bulb" is a compressed stem (basal plate) bearing a growing point or flower bud and enclosed by thick, fleshy scales called bulb scales. Some true bulbs such as narcissus, amaryllis and tulip are protected from drying and mechanical injury by dry and membranous outer scales called a tunic.


Listings for Bulbs / Corms / Rhizomes in Alabama
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Biophilia Nature Center & Native Nursery
Elberta,  Alabama  (AL)  36530


Cedar Street Garden Center
Trussville,  Alabama  (AL)  35173-1439


Eddie's Garden Center & Florist
Henagar,  Alabama  (AL)  35978


Exotic Harvest Nursery
Harvest,  Alabama  (AL)  35749-9285


Four Seasons Garden Center
Selma,  Alabama  (AL)  36701


Garden Spot
Florence,  Alabama  (AL)  35630


Gateway Nursery
Dothan,  Alabama  (AL)  36301-3633


Gemini Farms, Inc.
Talladega,  Alabama  (AL)  35160-8777


Grandiflora Nursery & Landscape
Fayette,  Alabama  (AL)  35555-1212


Houston Hill Greenhouse & Nursery
Prattville,  Alabama  (AL)  36067-8400


Kelly's Garden Center
Huntsville,  Alabama  (AL)  35806


Mann's Nursery
Hanceville,  Alabama  (AL)  35077-5657


Myers Plants & Pottery
Pelham,  Alabama  (AL)  35124-1785


Noble Landscaping & Garden Center
Grady,  Alabama  (AL)  36036


Oak Street Garden Shop
Birmingham,  Alabama  (AL)  35213-4220


Plant Odyssey, Inc.
Birmingham,  Alabama  (AL)  35233


Plantation Nursery
Meridianville,  Alabama  (AL)  35759


Seibert's Garden Center
Mobile,  Alabama  (AL)  36605


Smarty Plants
Decatur,  Alabama  (AL)  35601-7109


Southern Gardens, Inc.
Birmingham,  Alabama  (AL)  35243-3109


Southern Gardens, Inc.
Bessemer,  Alabama  (AL)  35020-8511


T & R Nurseries & Sodding Farm
Lexington,  Alabama  (AL)  35648


The Catbird Seat Nursery
Madison,  Alabama  (AL)  35758


The Shed Nursery
Mentone,  Alabama  (AL)  35984-2828


White's Garden Center
Oneonta,  Alabama  (AL)  35121