by GillianPolley | Jun 6, 2017 | 'Lelystad' bulb mixture, 2016, 2017, Anemone, April, bees and insects, bulbs, Colour, colour in the garden, Design, Edinburgh, focal points in the garden, front garden, front garden/driveways, garden inspiration, Holland, insects, JUB Holland, Keukenhof Park, long flowering period, low maintenance plants, Mixed bulb planting, Muscari, Narcissus, Narcissus Topolino, Polley Garden Design, scent, shrubs, Spring, spring blossom, spring colour
Inspired by my visit in Spring ’16 to Keukenhof Park just outside Amsterdam and seeing 7 million bulbs in bloom, last October we planted 1000 bulbs in a plant bed in our front garden under some deciduous shrubs. The bulbs we planted were a special mix called...
by GillianPolley | Apr 24, 2016 | 2016, A Day Out, Anemone, April, bees, biodiversity, bulb planting for insects, bulbs, Colour, colour in the garden, Crocus, Design, designing your own garden, early summer, Edinburgh, February, focal points in the garden, garden inspiration, garden transformation, habitat for wildlife, Holland, Hyacinthus, insect habitat, insects, January, JUB Holland, Keukenhof Park, long flowering period, low maintenance plants, Muscari, Narcissus, Plants, Polley Garden Design, spring blossom, spring colour
Spring planting is all about Colour, Colour, Colour from the subtle to the eye watering. After a long, wet, grey winter, colour in the garden is what we all need to pep us up and spring bulbs do it in spades. A flying visit to Keukenhof Park just outside Amsterdam...
