Bulbs Reviews

I love gardening and always have, when I moved to England the best thing was where I had only lived in flats before, I finally had a small patch of green to call my own! In order to get that luscious and lush look to the patch of weeds that had been purchased I chose to do a number of things. I could have spent a fortune ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

Bulbs, Hyacinths ohhhhh ahhhhh aren?t they pretty my dear. I was making presents for Christmas for my mum and auntie this weekend. I shall be doing the same with the children at work this next week. Bulbs in pots brighten your room in the deep dark winter. Hyacinths are maybe the most popular bulbs to grow in ...  Read the complete review

It is no secret on here that I love my onions! I grow fruit and vegetables, and use the fruit for jam, and the vegetables, for....well whatever you use vegetables, for! However, this op is about the uneatable onion. The bulbs that will eventually grow into Daffodils and narcissi. When you hear the word daffodil, you (or at least I did) ...  Read the complete review

Here is one I think everyone should try- Canna- this is a wonderful plant that just requires sun and water- the hotter, the wetter, the better! The only downfall to this plant is you need to dig up the bulbs at the end of the season. They multiply like CRAZY. I sell all my extras! This plant gets very tall (up to 6 ft.) and has nice sized flowers ...  Read the complete review

The Allium is a member of the onion family. Yuk, I hear you say. How can an onion be any good apart from being fried with sausages. Well you're in for a big surprise with these. These bulbs are hardy, easy to grow and come up year after year in a variety of sizes and colours. There is the large Gigantium which reaches 3-5 feet to ...  Read the complete review

Welcome to Gardener’s Question Time. I’ve never had a request before. Not a polite one, anyway. So when a respected contributor – who ought, I suppose , to remain anonymous – asked me, by way of a comment on my "Birch" opinion, to write on this subject, I should have been chuffed. I say, should ...  Read the complete review

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hill, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Excuse me for stealing the lines from Wordsworth, but how can you better describe the beauty of daffodils? An ...  Read the complete review

Home makeovers, body makeovers, lifestyle makeovers – they’re all the rage. So what about garden makeovers? It could be you’re not particularly keen on gardening. Or perhaps you’re thinking of selling you’re property as spring approaches. Maybe you just want to keep up with the Joneses. For whatever reason, ...  Read the complete review