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spring, about mid-April, and they last about four weeks. No serious pests or diseases plague these guys; even deer seem to pass them by.
What is the difference between tubers, bulbs, rhizomes and corms? We typically lump all of these terms as being simply “bulbs.” They all are actually “geophytes.” A geophyte is defined as an herbaceous plant with an underground storage organ that stores nutrients and water.
A bulb is an underground storage organ being a modified leaf bud with a short thick stem and fleshy scales. Examples are tulips, onions, lilies and narcissus (daffodil).
Corms are underground solid (without scales) enlarged stem bases, such as crocus and gladiolus. Roots grow out from a basal plate at the bottom of the corm.
Tubers are also swollen underground stem bases. Tubers differ from corms in
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