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Start planning your spring bulb displays, ready for planting this month. We have a wide selection of pre-packed and loose bulbs including a wonderful selection of Narcissi, Tulips, Iris, and Crocus.
Our tulip selection ensures an extensive range of colours and forms – traditional cupped, lily-flowered, triumph and parrot shaped are all available. Tulips and Hyacinths are best planted towards the end of October and November.
Galanthus (snowdrops), Hyacinths, Scillas and Anemones are also now in stock to add much needed colour to any garden during the winter months.
If you are unable to find what you are looking for, please contact us.
How to Make the Most of Your Bulbs
The Horticultural Team at Petersham Nurseries is happy to help in selecting and providing advice on potting and planting bulbs for gardens, roof terraces, patios and window boxes. Our range of zinc troughs, terracotta pots, lead planters and apple crates are ideal for displays and available in a range of sizes and prices.
Planting Tips
* On open ground remove weeds, add organic matter, and on heavy soils dig in horticultural grit
* For pots use a combination of 2 parts JI no. 2 to 1 part horticultural grit
* Spring bulbs are best planted between September and November. October is best for Daffodils and November for Tulips
* Select bulbs that are big, fat and firm
* Plant in holes three to four times as deep as the bulb itself
* If you are not sure which way to plant, put the bulb on its side and the stem will find its own way up
* Grow bulbs in plastic pots and then just before they flower sink into gaps in borders or into terracotta pots
* Label your bulbs - a simple wooden label will help for re-ordering & can prevent causing damage when digging borders later in the year
* In pots and window boxes do not use more than two layers of bulbs to avoid unsightly decaying foliage
* Think big – bulbs provide excellent value for money and mass plantings always look best
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