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Best new tulips, colourful spring has sprung
Now that spring has really sprung, it is time to share some of my best new tulips. I am also sharing some tulips that my dear friend, the lovely Cosmos Queen, has flowering in her garden. Last year I had over two thousand new tulips in my garden. However, many of these were eaten over…
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Fabulous blooms for a beautiful spring
By the meteorological calendar, spring always starts on March 1st and ends on May 31st. So, we have finally nudged into a beautiful spring, after a sodden winter. In addition, as I write this post the spring equinox has arrived. This celestial event marks the, long awaited, beginning of the astronomical spring in the Northern Hemisphere. During the spring equinox, the…
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The Cosmos Queen and her beautiful garden
Time for a new post featuring my lovely friend, the Cosmos Queen. She has been a busy bee, making a beautiful garden, packed with flowers. You may have met the Cosmos Queen in some earlier posts. I have added a link below, for her most recent post. The awesome power of the garden We first…
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Tulip time for a beautiful spring
Finally, it is tulip time so bulb planting tools, dibbers or trowels at the ready. November is the best time to start planting out tulip bulbs, as the temperatures start to cool. However, if you have not got your bulbs yet, it is not too late. A December planting will be fine, and I often…
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More beautiful tulips, planting for the spring.
There are over three thousand varieties of beautiful tulips, split into fifteen groups, based on flower types, height, and blooming period. So many tulips for spring. However, we cannot look at all of them on this post, so I have just chosen a few to share with you. Choosing beautiful tulips for spring in the…
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Time to order beautiful bulbs for spring
September is a great time to look at new bulbs for spring for a beautiful display. So, once you have your bulbs, late September and October is a fantastic time to plant them. Primarily, this is the time for planting daffodils, Iris reticulata, crocus, allium and hyacinth bulbs. All of these bulbs for spring prefer…
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Time to choose beautiful tulips for spring
It may seem jolly strange to be thinking about tulips in high summer, but we need to do this for our spring displays. Ordering tulips from late August onwards means we will have bulbs ready to plant in November. Seeing a garden full of tulips for spring is a fantastic sight to see and a…
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How wonderful. A tulip in spring
I have been planting tulips in my garden for over 30 years and have always chosen the luscious dark varieties. Tulips such as Queen of Night, Havran and Continental. These are absolutely beautiful tulips, but after recovering from a stressful time during 2022, I fancied a change. I decided, therefore, in future I would have…
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