Design A Bulb Garden

Getting started with bulbs.

Design a bulb garden. See more ideas about spring bulbs planting flowers plants. How to design a flower bulb garden. Here raised beds of pink and coral tulips are accentuated by grape hyacinth.

They have interesting shapes colors and textures and there is something magical about the fact that they are planted in the fall and then. Planning a garden that includes flower bulbs requires consideration. A well planned mass planting of tulips daffodils or hyacinths the big 3 of spring flowering bulbs can be a virtual show stopper in your landscape providing years of spell binding color and cheer after the dark gray days of winter.

Plant them in fall and see the gorgeous results in the spring. Many of them bloom early while most other plants haven t dared to break bud. You can t cut off the leaves until they turn yellow and floppy which can take a.

Creating a bulb garden gives your yard a stunning display of springtime colors for little effort. Bulbs can be planted right away in holes filled with a little phosphorus rich fertilizer. Use smaller bulbs like grape hyacinth or scilla as a colorful border to frame a more formal bulb garden or the early season greens in a vegetable plot.

Because big bulbs go deeper than little bulbs you can create spring bouquets by planting in layers. A large planting of bulbs such as tulips or daffodils is very effective in a garden but a bulb only flower bed has its problems. Spring bulbs are wonderful in every way.

The most time consuming part is planning your garden and choosing the bulbs you want in it. Bulb gardens are one of the earliest and most dramatic signs of spring. According to the international garden designer and bulbs specialist jacqueline van der kloet bulbs don t need to overpower the spring landscape to have an impact if we make the planting more natural looking with interesting combinations of color and texture it adds dimension which is more sophisticated and ultimately more powerful.