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Best flower bulbs to attract bees and butterflies to your garden!
Garden Design

Best flower bulbs to attract bees and butterflies to your garden!

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on May 23, 2018

Bees and butterflies are beautiful creatures that are also useful and vital pollinators. Attract them to your garden with bulbs like Allium, Crocus, Grape Hyacinths, Anemones, Spanish Bluebells and Miniature Tulips, and...

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How to Grow a White Spring Garden
Garden Design

How to Grow a White Spring Garden

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Apr 16, 2018

Create the garden you've always wanted. White flowering bulbous plants are available in a wide range so that you can make beautiful combinations: perfect for the traditional white garden. To give...

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How Flower Bulbs are measured?
Planting Tips

How Flower Bulbs are measured?

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Sep 02, 2017

When it comes to flower bulbs, size matters. The bigger the bulb, the better the bloom quality. How does this actually work, and how will you know if you are...

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When Should I Plant My Spring Flowering Bulbs?
Planting Tips

When Should I Plant My Spring Flowering Bulbs?

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Jul 02, 2017

Have you ever noticed that the best gardens aren’t planted from ‘instant color’ but are created by gardeners who think a season or two ahead? Bulbs offer us some of...

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Deer and Rodent Resistant Flower Bulbs
Planting Tips

Deer and Rodent Resistant Flower Bulbs

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Jul 01, 2017

Deer and Rodent Resistant flower bulbs It is a lovely sight to see bees, butterflies and hummingbirds in your garden. However larger animals like deer and squirrels you don’t want...

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Keukenhof Gardens 2018: A Place for Inspiration
Bulb News

Keukenhof Gardens 2018: A Place for Inspiration

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Jun 27, 2017

We are a proud exhibitor at the World famous Keukenhof Gardens. It’s a paradise of flowers, a wonder of the world, and a place that should be on every traveler’s...

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Planting a Succession of Spring Flowering Bulbs
Planting Tips

Planting a Succession of Spring Flowering Bulbs

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Jun 04, 2017

Spring: an explosion of color as your bulbs come into bloom. It’s always a delight, but making your spring bloom display last even longer takes a little careful planning when...

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Top 10 Naturalizing Flower Bulbs For Easy Gardening
Planting Tips

Top 10 Naturalizing Flower Bulbs For Easy Gardening

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on May 24, 2017

“Which bulbs return every year?” This has been one of the most frequently asked questions by mail in the last couple of weeks. Naturalizing bulbs are bulbs that return every...

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7 Steps To a Flowering Garden All Spring
Planting Tips

7 Steps To a Flowering Garden All Spring

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Apr 04, 2017

As an avid gardener myself and working in the flower bulb business since I was 15 years old, I seem to be consistently coming across the same request. People want...

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Year-Round Flowering Plants Versus Flower Bulbs
Bulb News

Year-Round Flowering Plants Versus Flower Bulbs

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Mar 18, 2017

If you’re lucky enough to live in a fairly mild climate where you can plant year-round (perpetual) flowering plants or a succession of perennials, you may be wondering why you...

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Using Flower Bulbs for Your Wedding
Bulb News

Using Flower Bulbs for Your Wedding

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Mar 01, 2017

When it comes to planning your wedding, particularly if you’re planning to get married in spring, be sure to take the advantages of spring-flowering bulbs into account. These striking plants,...

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The Perfect Spring Flower Bulb Garden
Planting Tips

The Perfect Spring Flower Bulb Garden

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Nov 01, 2016

If you’ve ever admired a spring bulb garden, you may be wondering what the ‘secret’ is, but there are no secrets. Gardening with bulbs is really quite easy. It’s just...

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Meet Ben, our Flower Bulb Specialist
Meet Ben, our Flower Bulb Specialist

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