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Puschkinia 'Striped Squill', The Quiet Charmer
Featured Varieties

Puschkinia 'Striped Squill', The Quiet Charmer

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Mar 26, 2019

One of the season’s earliest bloomers, Puschkinia feels at home almost everywhere in your garden. In this blog we’ll take a closer look at this seemingly unassuming, but actually quite...

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Chionodoxa Lucilea - Glory of the Snow
Featured Varieties

Chionodoxa Lucilea - Glory of the Snow

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Mar 19, 2019

Chionodoxa - Glory of the Snow is the ice blue queen that will liven up your winter garden with its star-shaped flowers. It is perfect for both mass planting and...

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Siberian Squill (Scilla Siberica)
Featured Varieties

Siberian Squill (Scilla Siberica)

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Mar 12, 2019

Blue like summer skies, super hardy and a very easy naturalizer. Siberian Squill will enchant your spring garden with its charming flowers and lovely fragrance. In this blog we’ll talk...

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Bulb Me Up Buttercup - Eranthis Hyemalis (Winter Aconite)
Featured Varieties

Bulb Me Up Buttercup - Eranthis Hyemalis (Winter Aconite)

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Mar 04, 2019

Winter Aconite (Eranthis Hyemalis) will brighten up your late-winter garden with its yellow blooms. Learn how to best plant and care for this cute cousin of the buttercup.

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Super Size Snowdrops for Spring’s First Sparkle
Featured Varieties

Super Size Snowdrops for Spring’s First Sparkle

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Feb 18, 2019

It’s still cold outside, but DutchGrown’s beautiful extra-large Snowdrops are starting to peer out from the soil. Want to get a stunning snow-white spring-carpet in your garden? We will tell...

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A Vibrant Garden with Living Coral
Featured Varieties

A Vibrant Garden with Living Coral

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Feb 06, 2019

Pantone’s ‘color of 2019’ is number 16-1546, Living Coral. This soft but strong hue is going to be used everywhere this year. DutchGrown has selected the perfect coral flower bulbs...

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Protecting Flower Bulbs That Come Up Too Early
Bulb News

Protecting Flower Bulbs That Come Up Too Early

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Jan 15, 2019

Changing weather patterns can lead to erratic winters, sometimes resulting in vulnerable flower bulbs coming up too early. In this blog we’ll discuss what you can do to protect them.

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The life cycle of your flower bulbs
Planting Tips

The life cycle of your flower bulbs

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Nov 09, 2018

What happens to the bulbs you planted this fall once they’re in the ground? In this blog we’re taking a look at the life cycle of flower bulbs, and we’re...

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Planting your flower bulbs somewhere else....
Garden Design

Planting your flower bulbs somewhere else....

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Nov 01, 2018

Why not plant your flower bulbs somewhere else this fall? There are many more possible places to grow your beloved blooms than your flowerbeds and terra cotta pots alone…

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A White (and Red) Christmas with Paperwhites and Amaryllis
Planting Tips

A White (and Red) Christmas with Paperwhites and Amaryllis

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Oct 24, 2018

What do you associate with Christmas? A decorated tree?  Mulled wine, turkey and gifts? Why not add Paperwhites and Amaryllis to that list? In this blog we’ll talk about how...

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Featured Variety: Trumpet Daffodils
Featured Varieties

Featured Variety: Trumpet Daffodils

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Oct 17, 2018

Trumpet daffodils are the ultimate early-spring flowers. Strong, beautiful and perennial, these naturalizers will turn any garden into a feast for the eyes.

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Caring for your flower bulbs once they’ve arrived
Planting Tips

Caring for your flower bulbs once they’ve arrived

Posted by Ben Rotteveel on Oct 07, 2018

At DutchGrown we plan our deliveries in such a way that your flower bulbs are at their most ‘plantable’ when they arrive at your door. But if for whatever reason...

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

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