Growing Advice

Set your Summer Scent Garden off in Style

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.

The Best Bulbs for Bees

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.

Cut Flower Bulbs to Brighten your Home

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.

Indoor bulbs for Winter Colour

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!

A Grower’s Guide to Transplanting Spring Bulbs

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.

Top Tips for a Spectacular Summer Garden

To keep your garden in absolutely the best shape, here are our tips for the things you should be doing in July and August:

Maximise your Bulb Garden from Spring to Autumn

There is absolutely no doubt that bulbs are a vital part of any successful flowering garden, and the key to success is planning early and planting at the right time.

How to Grow Lilies

There are few bulbs that offer the breadth of colour, texture and fragrance that Lilies do. With their bright, vibrant flowers, intricate petals and flower clusters, Lilies offer the summer garden spectacular cut-flower and garden blooms.

Why You Should Lift Tulips

Watch the video below for a brief look inside a tulip. Within this video we provide a short explanation as to why we recommend lifting tulips each year at the end of their growing cycle. 

August - Tips for your Garden

In most cases, all a bulb needs is plenty of sun and good drainage, as a boggy site can cause them to rot. When you are planning where to plant your bulbs, think about the height the plants will reach and the eventual heights of any other dormant plants in the surrounding area.

How to Grow Crocuses

There are few sights more beautiful that a glade full of fragrant English Bluebells. Happiest in the British Isles but versatile enough to grow elsewhere, English Bluebells are easy to grow, naturalise and multiply quickly and require minimal ongoing care.

How to Grow Bluebells

There are few sights more beautiful that a glade full of fragrant English Bluebells. Happiest in the British Isles but versatile enough to grow elsewhere, English Bluebells are easy to grow, naturalise and multiply quickly and require minimal ongoing care.

How to Grow Tulips

There are few flowers that attract as much interest as the Tulip. With its incredible variety – over 3 000 in fact – and vibrant colours, this beautiful bulb is an absolute must for any Spring or Summer garden.

How to Grow Alliums

Alliums are an absolute must for any perennial garden. These easy to grow, undemanding bulbs have a great diversity in colours, textures, flowering heights and bloom times, giving any garden long-lasting colour from early through to late Summer.

How to Grow Daffodils

The bright yellow Daffodil is a universal sign that Spring is around the corner, and the sun is ready to come out. These vibrant blooms make perfect carpets of colour in the garden, brighten up any border or shrubbery, and cut flowers bring joy to any home.

How to Grow Dahlias

Dahlias are a gardener's absolute favourite for so many reasons – their great variety, show-flower blooms with rich, sensual colours, a wide range of textures and the fact that they bloom in late summer to keep your garden a magnificent spectacle when most other plants have faded make this remarkable plant a sight to behold.

How to Grow Hyacinths

Hyacinths present one of the most compelling Spring scents of all seasonal blooms and can transform any garden with their vibrant colours, wide variety and unique spiky flower stalks. 

Controlling Garden Pests

Bulbs do not suffer from too many pests but there are just a couple to watch out for. This is how we deal with them...

Encouraging Wildlife

Flowers from most bulbs will provide sustenance for bees and butterflies but to make things easier, look out for our ‘good for bees’ logo on the varieties that seem to be the favourites.

Bulbs In The Green

Bulbs ‘in the green’ make spring a very busy time for us, even though only a small selection of bulb types are handled in this way. These include Galanthus Nivalis (Common Snowdrop), Hyacinthoides Non-Scripta (English Bluebell), Eranthis (Winter Aconite) and the pretty little Narcissus Pseudonarcissus (Lobularis or Lent Lily).

When To Plant Bulbs

Here are a few top tips on when you should plant your bulbs and whether you can store them or need to plant them straight away.

Where To Plant Bulbs

In most cases, all a bulb needs is plenty of sun and good drainage, as a boggy site can cause them to rot. When you are planning where to plant your bulbs, think about the height the plants will reach and the eventual heights of any other dormant plants in the surrounding area.

How To Plant Bulbs

Here’s our quick guide to preparing your plot and getting your bulbs in the ground. We also supply a useful planting guide with every order.