Blue flower bulbs

Blue makes your garden deeper.

Cool colours visually recede, so blue at the back makes a small garden look larger. From grape hyacinths and glory of the snow in March to bluebells in April and May. Lovely next to white and soft purple.

All the blue kinds are planted in autumn, from September through November. The small bulbs, such as grape hyacinths and glory of the snow, go about 5 to 10 cm deep. The bluebell goes 8 to 10 cm deep and is happiest in partial shade under trees and shrubs, in soil that does not dry out.

Blue is also the colour that spreads itself. Grape hyacinths and glory of the snow make new bulbs and self-seed, and under the trees the bluebell does the same. Bees are keen on all three.