Speedy

You know, it amazes me the difference a little fertilizer makes. Bulbs are heavy feeders. They have a relatively short period of time to create as much food as possible to produce flowers, seeds and then store enough food in its bulb to do this all over again next year. Flowering and seed production use up an extraordinary amount of energy, so by giving your bulbs a dose of slow release just before blossoming will make a huge difference. We did this to the tulips last week and with all the rain, we now have a mass of colour in places. It is an unfortunate fact of life that Tulips have a very short flowering period. Barely a few weeks some of them. So to get the most out of your bulbs, its best to plant them in a large groups of different colours. This way the slower growing tulips come into bloom when the fast growing Tulips have almost finished, thus extending the life of the display.