{"id":8588,"date":"2016-03-19T13:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-03-19T06:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-want-spring-bulbs-for-easter-then-cheat\/"},"modified":"2016-03-19T13:17:20","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T06:17:20","slug":"gardens-want-spring-bulbs-for-easter-then-cheat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardens-want-spring-bulbs-for-easter-then-cheat\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardens: want spring bulbs for Easter? Then cheat"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nJust because you didn\u2019t get round to planting spring bulbs last autumn doesn\u2019t mean you can\u2019t enjoy them nowSo you didn\u2019t plant any bulbs last year? Perhaps, when autumn came, you were penniless, or spending all your money on inappropriate shoes or finally writing your novel, and ordering bulbs and planting them in nice combinations in pots of peat-free compost didn\u2019t enter your mind. Now Easter is nearly upon us and daffodils spring from every crack, as jolly and jostling as fluffy, newborn chicks, yet your pots are bare. Proper gardeners, who do these things come rain, shine or unfinished book, win, and your slack autumnal ways haunt you.But those of us who were busy with other things are not doomed to a bloomless spring, because now is the perfect time to cheat. Garden centres have caught on that forced spring colour is a big draw, which is why they are currently packed with display-ready daffodils, anemones, hyacinths, scillas, tulips and more, grown to be looking perfect this week. Lucky us: these plants fill the spots that in a couple of months will be taken by summer bedding \u2013 an instant blast of seasonal colour. But while summer bedding will be ripped out and composted at the end of the season, bulbs can be planted into the garden or left in their pots. They will return year after year. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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