Gardening Advice

Bulbs are among the most generous things you can plant. Almost every bulb arrives with next spring’s flower already formed inside it, and the energy it needs to open, so the first year’s display is about as close to a certainty as gardening gets.

These guides gather what six generations have learned about getting the best from them. When to plant, how deep to set them, which tulips come back year after year, and which bulbs are better treated as one glorious season and replaced.

Autumn planted bulbs go into the ground from September onwards and flower the following spring. Tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, crocus, alliums and muscari all belong to that group.

Spring planted bulbs, among them the lilies, dahlias and gladioli, go in once the frosts have passed and carry the garden through summer and into autumn. The two buttons above will show you either group on its own.

Everything here is the same advice we give at our show gardens, where we exhibit the identical stock we send to you. If you cannot find the answer you need, do call us on 01234 709099. We would far rather talk it through than have you guess.