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Bulb Planting a North Facing Border

This summer I was having great fun choosing bulbs for spring. I am looking at one border that we look right out onto, but it is north facing and does not get a huge amount of sunshine.

I did a lot of investigation into bulbs I hope will work and give us some flowers in early to mid-spring. This is what I planted other than the daffodil and Narcissi all the flowers are good for pollinators which was a very important factor when I was looking into flowers.



I have gone for white flowers as the area is not that light I am hoping they will stand out well. 

Fritillaria meleagris Alba 

Anemone White Splendour I got two sets of these by mistake.

Galanthus Nivalis Single

Scilla Siberica Alba

Daffodil Actaea 

Narcissi Jack Snipe 



I have planted Galanthus Nivalis Single before and they never flowered this is a bit of a plant and hope for the best. 

This autumn I found myself having to plant them all. I was very pleased to have my kneeling pad, it took me about a weekend to plant them all. Although it was cold and a little back-breaking it was very rewarding. A long warm bath was needed.

Now it's January and the best part about bulbs is how they appear. I adore going out and seeing the shoots emerging. What is even more exciting is that they are all new and I have no idea how well they will do or what it will look like.




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