Leave a space for sleeping beauties

Bulbs in all their forms can transform a garden, their presence absent for a large part of the year then suddenly breaking surface as they are now.

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Contrast a walk through the woodland at Howick Hall in summer with the current scene - massive swathes of Galanthus (snowdrops).

In a similar way we add bulbs to containers as a permanent display feature e.g. dwarf narcissi, crocus or iris emerging up through a group of primroses.

In this garden are standalone summer displays of highly fragrant liliums planted permanently in large pots.