It's time to begin thinking about digging up tender perennial bulbs and storing them away inside for the winter. "While gardeners in zones 8 and above can grow tender bulbs, corms, rhizomes and tubers year round, northern gardeners will need to dig and store these plants to overwinter them," writes Marie Iannotti. In this article, About's Gardening Guide not only discusses how to store perennial bulbs, but also offers a handy list of perennial bulbs commonly used in landscape design that are too tender to survive the reign of Old Man Winter in the North.


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