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Once winter is over, nothing cheers up your garden beds quite like a visual cacophony of spring flowers. If you want a flood of colour in your outdoor space once the weather warms, you’ll need to plant flower bulbs in autumn. This planting guide highlights some of our favourite picks for a show-stopping spring garden.
Adored for their vibrant colours and delicately ruffled petals, these exquisite blooms come in shades of red, white, pink, orange and yellow flowers in single, semi-double and double forms, and grow up to 45cm tall. Prepare the soil with compost and plant with ‘claws’ facing down. Thrives in most climates; in warmer areas store corms in the fridge for 4-6 weeks before planting.
Small bell-shaped white flowers with contrasting, green-spotted tips provide a charming display from late winter. Snowflake’s clump-forming, spreading habit makes it ideal for creating drifts in a sunny or partly shaded area of the garden, or mass-planted in pots. Grows best in cooler climates. A snowdrop-like, early flowering variety that will readily multiply, providing the soil is moist.
A close relative of the daffodil, jonquils are distinctive for their sweet fragrance and clusters of small blooms with a white or orange central cup surrounded by yellow or white petals. They make beautiful cut spring flowers and are suited to all except tropical climates. Plant in well-drained, compost-enriched soil in a spot that gets at least six hours of sun each day.
A showy bloomer with flowers resembling whimsical purple or white floating balls on tall stems. This ornamental onion is grown for its impressive 10-15cm round blooms that are made up of tiny, tightly packed star-shaped flowers. Plant in a sunny position in well-drained soil enriched with lime and organic matter.
Tip: Label where you plant bulbs, so you don’t accidentally dig them up.
Discover everything you need to know about getting your garden ready for spring.
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