NOW is the perfect time to choose new plants and bulbs. With nursery catalogues full of inspiration and temptation, these new plant introductions might be seeds that you can start over winter, or perennials to plant now. Yet one of the easiest ways to bring fresh colour and form to your garden next year is by planting bulbs.
As we settle into autumn, it’s a good time to assess what has worked in your garden and plan ahead for next year. Do you want to tweak or completely change your colour scheme? Where were the seasonal gaps in your borders? Was there something missing in the structure – did you need more vertical or low-growing plants? Bulbs offer solutions to all these questions.
Rarer species
There are always plenty of new tulip cultivars to be seduced by. They seem to come in as many shades and types as lipstick colours. But while these might be eye-catching,varieties that might work in your garden.
