Bulb Bonanza!

St Bridget Nurseries' Garden Centres in Exeter are packed with beautiful spring flowering bulbs. Now is the best time to buy them as it ensures you get the best specimens and the widest choice of varieties. Large bulbs tend to give the best flower displays such as daffodils and tulips. It's best to plant most bulbs as soon as you can but tulip bulbs may benefit being planted later (October/November) so prevent them becoming diseased.

Tulips like to be grown in a partial shade or full sun position and a sheltered one so that the wind and rain don't batter their flowers. Tulips like fertile well drained soil and are ideal for pots/containers. Plant bulbs about 10-20cm apart and at three times or more their own depth in the soil. You can also force tulips to give an earlier floral display. Simply plant in pots in November and keep in a cool dark place. Once buds emerge (in December) move to a cool, light spot. After two weeks bring indoors for flowers in February or keep in the cool for longer if you want to delay flowering a bit longer.