Sowing rows of tulips in trenches.
Over the past 3 weeks I’ve planted around 2000 bulbs in total, from Tulips to Daffs, Muscari, Fritillaria, Alliums and more. I’ve had to scale back plans this year due to us relocating to a new property in the next couple of months. This is where i’ll be focusing our energy in preparing the land ready for a busy summer. But, to ensure we have enough flora to play with for our spring weddings I made sure to get some varieties in the ground at our current site in Haworth.
It is back breaking work digging trenches, but the result is always outstanding, bulbs are so self sufficient compared to raising flowers from seed. So it’s a season i’m grateful for and welcome every year.
Tulip bulb trench.
Tulip bulbs.
An example of the unique tulip varieties we grow.
Rows of spring bulbs seen here planted next to our early summer Digitalis.
Daffodil bulbs.
Allium trench for early summer.
An example of the unique varieties we grow.
A trug of tulips.
Below are some of the results of growing from previous years. I spend hours researching and locating breeders who only supply the highest quality bulbs and the most interesting and ‘of the moment’ varieties. It’s a long and thought out process, from sourcing, to planting, to protecting, harvesting then conditioning and designing with. But the fruits of labour far outweigh any gripes we find along the way and we produce far bigger and healthier stems than i’ve ever seen imported in supermarket wraps. Hopefully there’ll be a few bunches left over again from our spring wedding rush in 2022 for you to appreciate at home too.
Hattie x
A bucket of some of the tallest varieties of tulips we grew in 2020.
A variety of daffodils/narcissus we grow.
We grow plenty of salmon varities.
An example of the unique varieties we grow.
Spring bunches available April-May.