Beautiful Bulbs
Now’s the time to be thinking ahead about spring bulbs. October is the ideal month to start planting, but many suppliers tend to run low on stocks as the autumn goes on, so September is a good time to plan ahead for all year colour and get your order in.
We recommend J. Parker’s for ordering online – their availability is great, and website is easy to navigate with lots of tips and advice.
Our Top Spring Flowering Bulb Recommendations
Snowdrops (Image: OliBac)
Snowdrops – These pretty white flowers are the first heralds of spring in many gardens, pushing their bowed heads through the leaf mould sometimes when the snow is still on the ground. If you have shady areas in your garden under trees or shrubs, snowdrops will thrive there.
Daffodils – Everybody loves a host of golden daffodils that flower from mid March. They like semi shade, and need at least a little sun.
Our Top Summer Flowering Bulb Recommendations
Tulips (Image: Tristan Martin)
Tulips – The beauty of tulips is in the huge range of colours available to buy. Go for a strong splash of red or yellow, or mix it up and go for one of the multi-colour varieties. Tulips like semi-shade, and will start to flower from May. They make beautiful cut flowers to bring that Spring colour indoors too.
Bluebells (Image: OliBac)
Bluebells –Recreate a classic English woodland scene in your garden with a wonderful haze of bluebells in the shady areas under trees and shrubs.
Alliums (Image: Judith Doyle)
Alliums – the dramatic allium is one of our favourite garden flowers; they make a fantastic tall, pale backdrop in purples, white and pinks, contrasting with brighter flowers like tulips. They’re wonderful for bees too.
Our Top Autumn Flowering Bulb Recommendations
Crocus – These pretty plants flower from September and like full sun to half shade. We love the range of colours available.
Cyclamen (Image: TAV ect)
Cyclamen – Another late flowering bulb with delicate and unusually shaped nodding flowers in pinks, purples and whites.
