ADVICE AND INFORMATION ABOUT BULBS - BULB GROWING

Many bulbs have quite specific growing environment requirements.

• Bulbs in Containers and baskets Most bulbs are suitable for growing in a wide range of containers. They need a lttle bit more care than those planted in the garden.

• Summer Flowering Bulbs. Spring is undoubtedly the season associated with flowering bulbs, but there are many bulbs which flower in the summer - and beyond.

• Bulb Growing Indoors. Many attempts to grow bulbs indoors result in failure. Here are a few tips and advice on how to go about growing your bulbs successfully indoors.

• Bulbs in flower throughout the year. Not only Spring and Summer, but also Autumn and Winter. Yes! You can have bulbs flowering throughout the whole year - outdoors.

All things considered, growing bulbs in your garden is one of the easiest forms of ornamental gardening, and a single small expenditure can bring years of pleasure. Whatever the garden - bed, border, pot' or hanging basket even, there is invariable always room for a bulb - or two! That is one of the endearing features about growing bulbs. They take up little room and often for short periods of time. Most spring flowering bulbs for instance will be 'gone' by the time the rest of the garden wakes up!

Whether you go for the superb display of massed spring flowering bulbs - or simply a few choice 'alpine' bulbs in the rock garden - there will be bulbs that suit your purpose, and can only benefit your garden in prolongs seasons and vivid colour.

Yes! Spring is the peak time for bulbs - bringing us out of the often dark dreary days of winter with their vibrancy and sheer determination to brighten up our lives. Nothing heralds the start of a new gardening year as does a good show of bulbs.

But then on through the year, bulb flowers will be evident in many gardens - even through to Christmas and beyond. Such is the versatility and determination of that small dormant bulb that was planted just a few months - or even weeks - ago. Go plant some bulbs today.