Plant flower bulbs for ‘real’ social contact
Our social media gives us daily contact with hundreds of friends with whom we can share everything about our lives. Because we already know what’s going on with everyone, we’re no longer seeing and talking with each other that often. But what a pity! We really shouldn’t let virtual contact exclude the pleasure of real contact. So why not get together with your neighbours, sisters, girlfriends or kids and spend a day planting flower bulbs? It’s lots of fun. And there are more benefits than just personal contact: being in touch with the natural world is relaxing, and you’ll be enjoying the first colours of spring right in your own garden. You’ll also have some nice pictures to share on your social media!
Flower bulb lasagne
Attention all gardeners! You can enjoy the earliest flowers of spring even longer. How? By creating an appetising flower bulb lasagne. But you don’t need the kitchen for this – it’s all done in the garden. The recipe is simple: plant various layers of flower bulbs one over another just like you do when making the famous Italian pasta casserole. This dish requires some time for all the flavours to come together, so start off in the autumn. Next spring, you’ll be enjoying month after month of wonderful flowers when the various kinds of flower bulbs bloom in succession. Springtime on a platter!
Recipes for buried treasures
It’s autumn, and that means it’s time to root around in the soil and get your flower bulbs planted. Once these buried treasures flower next spring, they’ll be making the garden sparkle. It’s sometimes difficult to tell which bulbs you should combine to create exactly the look you want in your garden. To help you find your way through the thousands of possibilities, garden recipes give ideas for using flower bulbs in the borders of traditional, contemporary or charming gardens.
Happiness from January through May
Every season has its own special charm in the garden. But after a bleak autumn and cold winter, every gardener can hardly wait to see those colourful flowers in bloom again. Simply because they put a smile on your face. And also, perhaps, because their arrival announces the coming of spring when growth and flowering in the garden really takes off. Did you know that spring-flowering flower bulbs can brighten up your garden from January through May? Every month, you’ll be greeted by the beauty of different varieties.
Help with those difficult flower bulb names
Has this ever happened to you? You see a beautiful flower but then you read its name and wonder how it ever got to be called that. Well, not to worry! You’re not the only one to be puzzled by these difficult names.
Top 10 blue gifts for gardens
Ahhh… that wonderful feeling of springtime! If that’s what you want, treat yourself to the brightness of flower bulbs for your garden or balcony. They make real gifts for the garden with a nice little element of surprise.
Crocus shines as ‘Flower Bulb of the Year’
The Crocus is in the limelight as the ‘Flower Bulb of the Year’ for 2015. These early-flowering bulbs have come to symbolise the joy of spring. As if eager to emerge from under the ground, their flowers open wide on those first days of sunshine. What could be more welcome after a cold dark winter?
Hurray! Time to plant flower bulbs!
Summer is reaching its end. If you’re lucky, you can still be enjoying some nice days out in your garden until early September, but the time to head back indoors is on its way. Or not? Autumn may have arrived but there are still some nice things to be done in the garden! Roll up your sleeves and get the garden ready for winter. Autumn leaves should be raked to the side, plants and trees need pruning, and vulnerable plants should be covered to survive freezing temperatures. Reward yourself after all that hard work with the nicest little job of all: selecting and planting the most beautiful flower bulbs! Autumn is the perfect time to decide which flower bulbs will be brightening up your garden next spring.
Top 8 lesser known summer bulbs
In general, most people are familiar with summer bulbs like dahlias, Crocosmia and lilies. There are also summer bulbs, corms and tubers of which the name is enough to raise quite a few eyebrows. Nevertheless, these are rewarding flowering plants that should really be used more often.
Cactus Dahlias
Dahlias are the favourite of many gardeners – and no wonder. These exciting flowers are available in a wide range of bright colours. Actually, no other garden flower can match their range of colours and sizes! The Dahlia’s flowering period also contributes to its great popularity: they can be adding colour to your garden from the end of July until the first frost – long after other flowers are spent.
