Bulbs To Plant For Year Round Colour

Bulbs for many people are associated only with spring.

Bulbs to plant for year round colour.

Plant small bulbs closer together. Deadhead all bulbs after flowering to divert the plant s energy into the remaining flowers. In fact they can provide colour all the year round. Few people can fail to be cheered by the sight of a snowdrop in january or the first daffodils in february.

Growing bulbs for winter flowering in your garden. Garden bulbs using for colour all year round bulbs are often the first plants to herald the end of winter and the start of the spring. Reticulated iris iris reticulata easy to overlook these miniature iris appear in early spring often when crocus are in flower. All the same the spring favourites narcissi including daffodils and crocuses will probably remain the most popular first choice.

To insulate the bulbs in winter cover the bed with at least 4 inches of mulch. The plants are. Soak your bulbs in liquid plant food for half an hour before planting. Schizostylis still in flower.

Plant large bulbs several inches apart. Plant spring flowering bulbs such as freesias and jonquils in late march. In cool regions bulbs should be planted during autumn in march and april but in warmer areas planting can be delayed until may when the soil temperature has dropped. After planting water deeply.

Nerine bowdenii and others guaranteed to turn heads the shocking pink really outshines everything else at this time. Anemone blanda whites mainly blues but also pink forms will brighten up this time of year.