Country Gardens – July 2019

BULB PLANTING KICKOFF

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GARDEN

KNOW-HOW

WRITTEN BY SAMANTHA S. THORPEILLUSTRATION BY HELEN SMYTHE

SNOWDROP

Galanthus nivalis

GLORY OF THE

SNOW

Chionodoxa luciliae

‘Violet Beauty’

SCILLA

Scilla siberica

CROCUS

Crocus vernus ‘Remembrance’

FOLLOW THIS GUIDE TO JUMP-START NEXT SEASON’S GARDEN WITH AN EARLY BURST OF BULB POWER.

HYACINTH

1.

Hyacinthus orientalis

‘Purple Sensation’

2.

Hyacinthoides hispanica

‘Queen of Pinks’

EARLY DAFFODILS

1.

Narcissus

‘Tete-a-Tete’

2.

N

. ‘Cassata’

3.

N.

‘Unsurpassable’

2

2

1

3

25ʺ 20ʺ 15ʺ 10ʺ 5ʺ 5ʺ 10ʺ