Give Yourself Kerb Appeal (Bulbs)

Member Name: janharper

Product:	Bulbs
Date:	12/02/08 (60 review reads)
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Advantages: Hopeless gardeners can do this without much work.

Disadvantages: Makes lazy gareners worse.

I am one of those people who just can't make their garden grow anything more exotic that dandelions, buttercups, thistles, ground ivy and nettles. Some people may call this an untidy garden but I call it a 'wildlife garden'. (After all, it's the only wildlife I get these days).

Then, last year, I was given a bag of what looked like onions of all sizes to put into my garden. First of all I discovered that these were not onions and certainly not recommended for lunch. They were an assortment of hyacinths, daffodils, tulips, crocuses (or is it croci?) and snowdrops.

I was advised to pot the hyacinths and put the others into the garden and just leave them.

November last year brought purple and white hyacinths in the pots that I put on my kitchen window sill. They looked beautiful but I can't stand the strong smell. It actually makes me feel sickly, (ungrateful wretch that I am.) My sister and my mother both have birthdays in November, so guess where the hyacinths went. (Ungrateful and tight with my money, I hear you say.)

In January this year lots of tiny snowdrops peeped out of the ground and I must admit that these gave me a real thrill. I had planted them in little groups, about an inch down and they grew. I have daffodils in bud so it looks as though there will be produce those amazing golden trumpets before very long. The tulips are coming along nicely too.

Spring bulbs can really give your garden a lift and cheer things up and even if you only have pots on a balcony, or a window sill, it's worth planting bulbs.

They are very simple to grow and even a hopeless gardener like myself can succeed.

If you are considering selling a property in the Spring (you'll have to wait until next year now!) bulbs are a cheap and easy way to make your garden look good. As they say on 'House Doctor' you have to have 'kerb appeal'. Around September time, cut down any weeds with a strimmer, tidy up the garden and plant your bulbs in groups. They look better clustered together. By Spring time you will have a fabulous looking garden and great 'kerb appeal', for very little work.

Summary: It doesn't take any special skills to get a fabulous display of garden bulbs.