A spring bulb garden is a fantastic way to extend your garden’s bloom season and a wonderful sight to see after a cold and dreary winter. Before garden perennials emerge in the Spring, tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, and crocuses regal the senses in our trademark bulb gardens. A gift to the whole neighborhood, our bulb gardens are one of our most popular installations.
We intermix clusters of bulbs between and around the perennials in the garden, planning for a succession of blooms throughout the Spring. We plant Spring bulbs in the Fall so they are ready to emerge with the warmer Spring weather. Some bulbs, like hybridized tulips, are annual flowers and must be replanted each fall for optimal spring bloom. Other bulbs like daffodils, crocus, and allium will naturalize in your garden and return each year.
Meet Some of the Bulbs
Daffodils
Daffodils are known for being yellow, but we plant a whole range from cream to salmon to golden
Tulips
The cornerstone of many bulb gardens, tulips come in a staggering variety of colors, shapes and sizes
Double Tulips
With more petals than traditional tulips, these decadent bulbs look almost like peonies
Fritillaria
This bulb is a member of the lily family. The flower has a unique checkered purple pattern, or is sometimes pure white
Species Tulips
Also called wild tulips, these little bulbs naturalize and spread, so they come back year after year
Crocuses
Crocuses can be purple, white, or both. They are among the first to bloom - sometimes while there is still snow on the ground
Allium
A member of the garlic family, this bulb can vary considerably in size, but allium’s distinctive “puff ball” cluster of tiny flowers complements any bulb garden
Muscari
Also called Grape Hyacinth, these mighty little bulbs add a brilliant splash of blue
