Preparing your garden for a long-flowering bulb festival of colour, scent and texture takes planning and preparation, especially if you want to maximise the flowering seasons for each variety and ensure that from the first chink of Spring to the last ray of Autumnal light, your garden is a vibrant
Spring is just about to burst into life, and with it you can look forward to all the bright colours, scents and textures of the season’s earliest blooms. But if you’re stuck on selecting what to grow this season, or feeling like planting might be a challenge, here’s a list of
Snowdrops bloom from January through March to bring wonderful colour and honey scent to winter landscapes. The ‘in the Green’ variety of Snowdrops are differentiated from the usual bulb by the fact that they are lifted whilst in leaf, sometimes in flower. Subsequently, they can establish themselves more quickly in
Bare Root Perennials are plants that are grown in open ground and supplied to buyers with no soil or compost (or container) around their roots, ready to be planted immediately in-situ or into pots during the dormant season from November to March. They grow large clumps of roots and offer buyers
Creating your scented garden is easier than you may imagine, with plenty of bulbs to choose from to fill your garden with fragrance most of the year round. To ensure that you fill your garden with scent from early spring right through to autumn, you’ll need to have a range of
Did you know that bees are so central to a healthy ecosystem that without them, our food systems would begin to fail to a point of extinction? Bees account for the pollination of roughly 35% of the world’s food crops, and more than three quarters of all pollinated flowers. Bringing bees to
Few things brighten a home as effectively as cut flowers, particularly those that have a scent as well. As the last of the summer and early autumn bulbs signal the coming winter, make the most of what flowers you have to give your home a bright, vibrant feel. There is a vast
We all love summer, with its burst of colours, scents and textures of the bulbs in bloom. But alas, as with all good things the summer must eventually come to an end. Luckily though, the flowers do not necessarily need to do so! Here’s a quick guide to preparing an indoor
Summer is in full swing which means you’ll really be enjoying the fruits of your bulb-planting efforts from the beginning of the year. Your garden should be awash with colour and scent, but you may already be wondering about when the best time is to transplant spring bulbs to prepare
July and August are traditionally the hottest months of the year in the United Kingdom, and with the promise of the Summer holidays on the horizon, you’ll want to have your garden and outdoor areas in tip-top shape, ready for the long evenings outdoors. To keep your garden in absolutely the
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