If the summer heat is making you long for the cool colours of autumn, then plan and plant now. Bulbs don’t just bounce up with joy in spring – there are autumn flowering bulbs that if planted now, will turn your faded summer garden into a blaze of colour, activity and dramatic floral theatre. Plant, sit back and wait for the show to start!
1 Saffron crocus (Crocus sativus)
Along with purple-veined lilac petals, the flowers are known for orange-red stigmas that produce saffron, a spice that has been highly prized for thousands of years. Late summer. Plant bulbs
