This is my favourite time of the year, the trees are blossoming, the birds are singing and all the Spring bulbs are starting to bloom. It’s such a beautiful and welcoming site to behold when walking up to the plot and seeing all these bright colours staring back at you, it will never fail to put a smile on my face. I’ve made a mental note to plant more daffodils and tulips next year, the pond is lacking colour during the Spring and I would like to plant more tulips by my entrance because the daffodils look a little lonely there. After a long grey Winter these Spring bulbs sure are a joy and something I look forward too every year.
There is a new pot of Spring bulbs on Plot 15c, one I planted up Lasagne style last Autumn and boy is it putting on a show! I’ll admit now that I planted the bulbs a little later than usual and the snow drops were extremely late at blooming, but the daffodils are simply the most beautiful daffodils I have ever seen and the tulips aren’t very far behind at all! The variety is Narcissis ‘Triandus Thalia’ and they are a stunning white colour with not only one, but three blooms on each stem. I’ve never seen a variety like this before and I was only attracted to it because of the unsual colouring, now I think it’s my favourite daffodil and I want to grow more! The tulip’s are a Double Peony Collection from Sarah Raven and the varieties are Danceline, White Touch and La Belle Epoque. The latter happens to be my favourite tulip and I can’t wait to seem them bloom completely, what I’m seeing so far is beautiful. I’ll have to plant another pot up with my left over bulbs from last year to have a matching set at the top of my path, I’ll be filling the allotment up with Spring flowers!
The tulip trough is starting to get into full swing too with a few blooms appearing, the colours are just perfect and I can’t wait to see them all open up. I do however, think that they are a little early this year. I remember picking tulips the year before last at the end of April just before my birthday and here we are at the very start of April with tulips blooming already. Not that I’m complaining but it was a nice birthday present to myself in previous years! I’m glad that I didn’t miss them though and I’ll be popping up the allotment regularly to catch the tulips and harvest them before they go over. They are one of my favourite cut flowers and hopefully the start of many this year.
Here’s a quick reminder of the varieties planted in my tulip trough: Black Hero, Spring Green, Mistress Grey, Groenland, Apricot Beauty, Belle Epoque, Cairo, Ronaldo and Bruine Wimpel.
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Do your tulips bloom for more than one year Kate? I have some blooming now that did flower last year but also seem to ‘lose’ them during the winter. Do you feed them and when please?
Hi Barbara, my tulips have been a little funny the past two years and I think from now on I might lift them and possible replace some every year. Nothing has quite beaten the first year that the tulips bloomed. I’ve found that the La Belle Epoque variety have only bloomed once and never since which is a shame as they are my favourite. The only thing I’ve done differently this year is add some 6X natural fertiliser into the trough to add back some nutrients. Not all the tulips are blooming but over half of them are so I’m happy 🙂
Your allotment is looking so pretty! I love spring so much (it makes me so excited seeing all the spring flowers popping up), but I definitely need to plant some more spring bulbs as our garden is looking so bare right now hah!
xo April | April Everyday
Thank you so much April, but there’s a huge weed pile to the left which is a complete eye sore and needs getting rid of soon! It’s an exciting time of year and like you I feel the need to plant more bulbs for next year, you can never have enough flowers after all 🙂
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