May allows for an array of gardening jobs to be carried out, and one in particular concerns your spring bulbs – tulips and daffodils.
Bulbs are plants that store their energy and nutrients below ground at the end of the growing season.
They’re like a little battery with their flower and the leaves right in the middle, ready to burst into life at the start of their growing season.
Being in the midst of spring, tulips and daffodils will be in bloom in gardens with their vibrant hues.
However, gardeners may already be looking for ways to ensure next year’s blooms flourish abundantly.
However, once flowering has finished, bulbs die back underground, taking as much energy as they can to charge up for future years.
So by planting just a single bulb, they “will keep growing and reproducing fabulous flowers year after year”, according to the gardening experts at Jacksons Nurseries – an excellent investment for your garden.
Despite many gardening experts recommending these plants be deadheaded, Jacksons Nurseries advises against this.
They urged: “Avoid the temptation to remove any faded, yellow or wilting leaves when your bulbs die back at the end of their display, as they’re busy sending nutrients back into the bulb for next year.”
Instead, after spring bulbs have finished flowering, if they’ll be kept in the ground over the next year until they flower again next spring, the experts recommend feeding them. They claim that the task will only take a few seconds.
They said: “It’s worth supplying them with additional liquid feed to help them replenish their energy reserves and provide for a bumper display of flowers next year.”
