Helpful Tips

Some tips & tricks for planting your Bulbs/Seeds

  • Plant your bulbs/tubers as soon as possible after purchase. If you need to store them for a while, keep them well ventilated & dry.
  • Sometimes bulbs can be mouldy, this is a natural process due to high humidity – this does not impact its flowering ability.  Brush off the mould and plant straight away into the ground.
  • If bulbs get too dry try to soak them in cold water for a few hours before planting.
  • Never plant bulbs deeper than 5x the size of the bulb.
  • Do not plant when soil is too cold or frozen.
  • Water well when planting, then once every week.
  • If you don’t use all the seeds from your pack, you can keep them until next season by storing them in a cool dry place.
  • Replant Daffodils & Crocus every 5 years approx. to prevent overcrowding.
  • Less hardy bulbs such as Dahlias or Begonias should be lifted each year. Lift when first frosts have blackened the foliage.  Dry out before placing in storage in a well ventilated area. Protect from frost using newspaper or dry peat.
  • Split your Dahlia tubers to increase your stock.
  • Gladioli corms can also be lifted. Cut the foliage and flower spike about 2 inches above the corm. Remove smaller cormels that have grown on original corm and use these to increase your stock.