Now is the time bright gardeners plant bulbs

Now is the time to plant bulbs if you want to give your garden a splash of colour next spring.

Bulbs are really easy to grow; once you’ve planted them they need very little attention, and will reward you with colour, and often scent, when the rest of the garden is looking bare.

Provided you plant them at the right time of year, at about the right depth, they’ll reward you with beautiful flowers year after year.

The planting time for bulbs depends on their flowering time. Spring-flowering bulbs should be planted from early autumn, so they have time to produce new roots before the onset of winter. Summer-flowering bulbs are best planted from late spring onwards.

  To achieve a natural-looking group of flowers you’ll need to plant the bulbs in irregular blocks at variable planting distances. If you find this difficult, try scattering the bulbs and planting them exactly where they land.
All bulbs should be planted with the 'nose' (pointed bit where the shoot comes out) at the top and the 'basal plate' (flat bit where the roots are produced) at the bottom.
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