Just a bit of time now and you can have beautiful flowers in the spring! Â I’ve always loved seeing tulips and other spring flowers blooming, but didn’t know what it involved to plant them. Â When Longfield Gardens emailed me about doing a blog review, I was excited, knowing they would help me through the process. Â Planting bulbs was so easy! Â I’m sorry I didn’t do it years ago. Â I made a fun project with my daughter, so we spent an hour or two, but it could go even more quickly. Â And you don’t need anything in the way of tools, but a hand bulb planter does make it easier – you can pick one up at any superstore for about $10.
Longfield Gardens has all the information you need to be an expert at bulb gardening – even helping with what flowers look beautiful together. Â They know everything there is to know about the color, height and bloom time to design combinations that will create stunning displays in your yard. Â Go to their guide and take a look at the “How To” wealth of information.
We have deer in our area, so I learned at the Longfield garden guide that Muscari are a hardy (yes!), easy to grow (yes!), deer resistant (home run!) bloom. Â They are planted only 4 inches deep.
Our yard has a center section with a large rock and two birch trees that would look awesome with flowers in the spring. Â Rosie and I started there and used a hand cultivator (rake-y thingie) to loosen the dirt and a trowel (little shovel) to dig the hole. Â The hand bulb planter was the easiest, but we enjoyed trying everything to play around. Â Then we moved on to the small box around our new lamp post. Â That was much easier because it was new, soft dirt. Â Now I can’t wait for spring!
In fact, if you can’t wait for spring, take a peek at the Gift Sets which start shipping on 11/4. This is my favorite – I *heart* paperwhites! They bloom 4 weeks after planting.
For more information and to order your bulbs, go to:
Longfield Gardens website
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Facebook Page for Longfield GardensÂ
Disclosure of Material Connection: Â I was sent bulbs from Longfield Gardens to facilitate my review.