It saves time to dig a trench if you’re planting a bulb combination in a border. Bulbs can be layered so that they are the correct depth, the bulbs should be planted 2-3 times as deep as the size of the bulb itself. So plant the bottom of the trench with the largest bulbs, then partially fill the trench back in before planting the next layer. If you fancy trying this, bulbs are available to order now and you’ll get free shipping until midnight on 27th July! Just enter code FRSH at checkout. We planted these varieties: • Fritillaria ‘Minaret’ and Allium cristophii (20cm deep) • Tulip ‘Angelique’, ‘Healthcare’ and ‘Rosy Diamond’ (15cm deep) • Muscari armeniacum (10cm deep) . . . #layeringbulbs #bulblasagne #bulbcombinations #springplants #springflowers #fromthistothat #fromthistothis #beforeandafter #flowers #tulips #springbulbs #gardening #gardeningtips #gardens #saturday #inmygarden
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Jul 26, 2025Instagram
Which is your favourite dahlia? We always love this one, ‘Totally Tangerine’, but there are so many new varieties still to come out. Buds are forming, so favourites are subject to change multiple times over the next couple of weeks! . . . #dahlia #dahliatotallytangerine #dahlias #dahlialove #lovedahlias #summercolour #summerflowers #summer #summergarden #saturday #weekend #floweroftheday #plantoftheday #weekendflowers #flowersfortheweekend #beautifulflowers
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Jul 26, 2025Instagram
Bulbs working their magic!✨ We planted this random mix of leftover bulbs in a bit of a hurry on a freezing cold day last December. You can plant bulbs in slightly milder conditions and choose from the full range when you order your bulbs early. Get free shipping on your order when you enter offer code FRSH at checkout until Sunday 27th July! 🌷 . . . #planting #springbulbs #gardeningtips #containergarden #gardens #containergardens #terracegarden #patiogarden #patiogardens #patiogardening #patiopots #gardeningadvice #planttips #tulips
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Jul 25, 2025Instagram
A plant ‘volunteer’ is one which finds its own way into your garden. Some we like to keep, some we’d prefer not to allow to go to seed because they can take over (i.e. weeds). These poppies are not from our range, the first sprung up from a seed probably dropped by a bird a few years ago. But the flowers are so beautiful during May that we collect and scatter more of them every year because they look great among our late spring bulbs, including alliums, Dutch Iris and Camassia. Tell us in the comments, which plant volunteers have you welcomed into your garden? . . . #poppy #poppies #poppyseeds #scatteringseeds #collectingseeds #seeds #sowingseeds #wildflowers #wildflower #seedsowing #gardens #mayflowers #summer #summersowing
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Jul 25, 2025Instagram
We planted these👇 🌼 Narcissus ‘Tete-a-Tete’ 🌼 Iris ‘Louise’ 🌼 Crocus ‘Silver Coral’ All of them flowered together between February-March, it really is lovely to see such bright blooms at that chilly time of year. If you fancy giving this a try, it’s really easy to achieve! Also, you’ll get free shipping on your order when you enter code FRSH at checkout until 27th July. This method of planting bulbs is layers is often known as a bulb lasagne. You plant the largest bulbs deepest and the smaller bulbs on shallower layers. The bulbs should be planted at 2-3 times as deep as the size of the bulb. So the daffodils were planted around 15cm deep, and the irise and crocus bulbs (which are roughly the same size) were planted around 5-10cm deep. . . . #springflowers #bulblasagne #plantingpots #containergarden #containergardening #containergardens #patiogarden #springflowers #earlyspring #springbulbs #terracegarden #plantingtips #gardeningtips
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Jul 24, 2025Instagram
Anyone else do this? If your dried alliums fall over, this is a little hack to make the pretty display of seed heads last a bit longer. Propping them back up with stakes is much more time consuming and doesn’t look as good. If you cut and push the stem back into the soil as far as possible, they remain strong and upright among your summer flowers and add to the display! ✨ . . . #alliums #gardeninghack #gardeninghacks #alliums #alliumseedheads #plantlovers #gardeningjobs #gardens #summergardening #inmygarden
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Jul 23, 2025Instagram
It doesn’t take these autumn-flowering bulbs long to sprout! Order Colchicum bulbs now for delivery in late August/September and plant them straight away. When planted in time, usually they’ll flower by October in the first year. It’s a lovely little splash of colour to look forward to when the summer flowers start to fade. They’re perennial and they’ll multiply, so you can look forward to seeing them reappear every autumn 💜 Enjoy free shipping on your order until Sunday 27th July, just enter code FRSH at checkout . . . #colchicum #autumncolour #autumnflowers #autumncrocus #autumnflower #gardening #planting #gardeningtips #gardens #planttips #autumn #plants #gardensofinstagram #instagarden #purpleflowers
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Jul 22, 2025Instagram
Now in its second year, the bare root Thalictrum flavum glaucum we planted right at the end of the spring season last year has flowered beautifully. It only produced leaves last year, but perennials need time and patience is key with gardening! Once perennials are all settled in, they grow back and flower every year. We have a range of new perennials for autumn which you can preorder on our website now. When planted in autumn, they have all winter to settle in and can get off to a strong start right at the beginning of the growing season in spring 😃🌸 . . . #perennials #perennialplants #plants #gardening #planttips #thalictrum #flower #yellowflower #cottagegarden #cottagegardens #flowergarden #countrygarden #lowmaintenancegarden #englishgardens
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Jul 21, 2025Instagram
A bushier plant produces more blooms. If you have a dahlia which has one single stem, you can cut it like this to encourage it to branch out. There are two growing points/buds just above each set of leaves. Cut above a set of leaves (ideally third or fourth set) where there are two heathy buds. The plant will then put its energy into growing two branches which will each produce blooms. This is known as ‘pinching out’ and is often done at an earlier stage by just pinching the top out with your fingers. But a clean cut instead means you can also plant the cutting and it will have a better chance of rooting when potted, that too can grow into a bonus plant! There is a downside - if you do this, the dahlia will need to grow branches before it can produce blooms. So you’ll have to wait a bit longer for it to flower 🌸 . . . #dahliatips #dahliaadvice #dahlias #dahlia #gardeningtips #gardeningadvice #gardenertips #dahlialove #lovedahlias #dahliagarden #planting #dahliacare
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Jul 20, 2025Instagram
This was a lovely bunch 😌 In early May, on a grey day, we made a cutflower combo with Tulip ‘Mystery Dream’ and Tulip ‘Peggy Wonder’ and it was beautiful! . . . #tulips #cutflowers #cutflower #bouquet #flowerarrangement #flowers #flowergrower #cuttinggarden #gardening #flowerlove #springflowers #mayflowers #inmygarden #gardenlove
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Jul 19, 2025Instagram
Petals keep emerging from the centre, once all the petals have opened the flower is a full pompon. Changing from pink to pale yellow with a dusky mauve tinge and then back to pink again, each colour-changing flower lasts for around two weeks. In true dahlia style, there will be continuous blooms which last through the season! 🌸🌸🌸 . . . #dahlia #dahliawineeyedjill #dahlias #dahliaseason #gardeningtips #gardening #gardens #flowers #inmygarden #dahliagarden #flowerlove #flowersarebeautiful
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Jul 19, 2025Instagram
Which is your favourite combination? All of these bulbs should be planted in autumn for a display like this next spring… time to get creative and choose some combinations (or borrow our ideas if you like!) Save 10% on your order when you enter code EARLYBIRD at checkout 🐦 . . . #springbulbs #tulips #springflowers #ideasforthegarden #gardenideas #flowers #flowerslovers #flowerlover #inthegarden #fridayflowers #planttips #weekend #inmygarden
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Jul 18, 2025Instagram
What to do with alliums after flowering: You can cut alliums down at the base once the flowers, leaves and stem are no longer green. While the stem and leaves are still green, they are feeding the bulb for next year’s flowers. Cut them back too soon and they may not bloom next year. We quite like the seedheads, so we leave them in the border as they are to mingle among the summer flowers. Some allium seedheads last right through winter and look lovely covered in frost, particularly Allium cristophii and Allium schubertii. You can also collect and use the faded allium stems to use in dried cut flower arrangements. They look great and the display lasts for ages! Try putting them in a glass vase with added fairy lights for an uplifting winter arrangement ✨ . . . #alliums #alliumtips #gardening #gardeningtips #gardeningadvice #whattodointhegarden #gardeningjobsforjuly #julygardening #summergardening #summergarden #friday #weekendgardening #driedflowers #everlastingflowers #naturaldriedflowers
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Jul 18, 2025Instagram
Iris ‘Paprikash’ grown from a bare root 🤩 . . . #iris #irisensata #gardening #flowers #amazingflowers #barerootplants #blooms #summerflowers #beautifulflowers #plantoftheday #floweroftheday #flowerlover
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Jul 17, 2025Instagram
Did you know that white lilies like ‘Pretty Woman’ can develop a pink blush in higher temperatures and light levels? It happens with other plants too, including some dahlias and tulips which can be one colour, such as yellow, when they open, then they develop pink or peach hues as they mature. Flowers can adapt in higher temperatures and light levels by increasing their pigmentation which darkens their hue, it is thought these ultraviolet pigments increase to protect the flower’s delicate cells from sun damage, a bit like sun cream ☀️ UV pigments in flowers are more visible to bees. By changing their pigments, flowers can indicate to bees that they are ready for pollination, or that they have already been pollinated and no further visits are required. . . . #lily #lilies #lilyprettywoman #plantfacts #factsaboutplants #plantnerd #plants #fascinating #flowers #gardening
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Jul 16, 2025Instagram
Anemones pair well with tulips, both flowering around April. In this pot, we planted Anemone ‘Azzurro’ with Tulip ‘Nightmare’, Tulip ‘Queen of Night’, Muscari ‘Grape Ice’ and Fritillaria ‘Minaret’. Save 20% across our range of Anemones until noon tomorrow (16th July) when you enter code ANE20 at checkout. Choose from the range of gorgeous colours, plant in autumn and enjoy the blooms next spring! . . . #anemone #anemones #tulips #flowerpotgarden #containergarden #containergardens #containergardening #plantingscheme #plantcombinations #flowers #springflowers #planttips #gardeningtips #balconygarden #terracegarden #plantingideas
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Jul 15, 2025Instagram
You can’t beat a good tulip🌷 They’re easy to grow and reliably put on a big show in spring. Just plant the bulbs in autumn and wait for the magic! This amazing, huge white variety is called Tulip ‘Healthcare’, we planted them with Tulip ‘Rosy Diamond’ and Tulip ‘Green Wave’. . . . #tulips #tulip #lastspring #springflowers #gardenideas #gardening #gardens #inmygarden #gardensofinstagram #springgarden #ilovetulips #dutchtulips #tuliplove #tulipsfromholland #plantoftheday #flowerlove
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Jul 13, 2025Instagram
Deadhead your dahlias regularly and they’ll produce fresh blooms all through summer and autumn! It takes energy for the flowers to die back, but if you remove the fading flower, that energy goes straight into producing new flower buds 🌸 . . . #dahlia #dahlias #deadheading #summerflowers #dahliatips #dahliaseason #gardeningtips #planttips #gardens #gardeningadvice #inmygarden #weekendgardening #weekend #saturday #inthegarden #flowergarden #dahliagarden #dahlialove
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Jul 12, 2025Instagram
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