Fall bulbs are arriving at your local nursery right now. Our advice is to plant lots!

Bulbs are a low maintenance, easy approach to gardening. Put them in the ground now and six months later your garden will be filled with color. Nothing says spring like the first crocuses poking up their heads after a long, cold winter.

When planting bulbs just remember these few rules:

   · Stick to bulbs that naturalise. They will increase continually and give you years of beautiful blooms.
   · Plant bulbs in a well-drained spot. Bulbs rot if they get too wet.
   · Add some compost and bone meal to the soil - a must for settling in your bulbs and giving them a good start.
   · Plant bulbs at a depth equal to three times their height.
   · For an effective display plant bulbs in clumps of at least 12.

Try a new species of bulb in your garden this year. Our favorites at the nursery are the mini botanical tulips. They are utterly delightful and so easy to grow. Because they are botanical they will reproduce and give you years of enjoyment.

Varieties we recommend include;
   · Tulipa Tarda: dwarf, creamy yellow and compact. They spread like wildfire.
   · Tulipa Kaufmania: blooms resemble those of the flowering water lily.
   · Tulipa Linifolia: pink and red - absolutely wonderful.
   · Little Princess: bright tangerine with a cornflower blue centre