Fall is the Time to Plant Spring Blooming Bulbs!

Fall seems to have come early this year and all our customers are telling us they aren't ready for it.  It feels like it just got nice and now it is all over.  I'm gonna say, Summer was like a bad boyfriend; arriving late, having a few short, warm, lovely, weeks of fun and then he left early and we were ditched, left with nothing but a cold fall shoulder to cry on.

And winter...Oh my gosh, winter is coming and there is not even the prospect of another Summer until JUNE.  How will we get through the dark, dank, wet, wild, windy winter?

Spring will come...and planting spring blooming bulbs is a great way to brighten your garden to welcome Spring.  Planting bulbs is one of the easiest forms of gardening.  In fact there is a huge North America-wide campaign called "Dig, Drop, Done" aimed at teaching the younger generation how easy bulb planting is and how simple it is to add beautiful flowers to your tubs and/or gardens.  Many of us already know the simple joy of planting Spring Bulbs.  

What I like is that you plant them in the fall, planning for a drift of daffodils here, and a splash of crocuses there, a colourful combination of tulips in the big pot by the front door and some more to look at from the kitchen window. 

You dig a little hole, scatter a smattering of bonemeal, drop the bulbs in, cover them up and you're done.  November blows it's wild wet wrath, December is busy bringing families together, January comes and it seems long and dark.

 Then one day, you didn't even notice it yesterday, but the snowdrops are up and you can't believe that they can stand the cold temperatures.   Aren't their little petals going to freeze?  But they don't. 

Eventually winter releases its hold on us and then your garden begins to come to life again.  The crocuses, daffodils, hyacinths and tulips bloom in sequence each one begging you to favour them most.  Cutting some for enjoying in a vase indoors, photographing others to enjoy as keepsakes of their beauty.

When summer comes back to us, our long lost love, we hope he will treat us better and stay longer.  Our Spring fling with the bulbs; well, the bulbs don't mind if we traipse around off with our summer friend camping, kayaking and biking.  Bulbs don't mind if we stop watering and loving them (actually ignore them through summer).  They are content to wait for next Spring.  Seemingly happy to bring us joy in the Spring and let us move along to our summer pastimes.  

A beautiful Spring starts in the fall. What bulbs will you choose to Herald the Spring?

Enjoy!

Shauna