A large garden with bulbs and minimottes
Garnish a large flower in the spring, it is not always obvious and it is expensive! Why not prepare the Spring to Autumn, by calling with a few bulbs minimottes and a lovely composition, at lower cost and great effect in a few months?
minimottes Why?
In the spring, traditionally with scoops that we made planters. Of course we can achieve very fine results, but ...
the cost is high if the planters (or massive) are large, the large size of the clumps often requires tightening them to get a good effect, with consideration as root development sometimes unsatisfactory, watering must be very supported if the weather is mild.
Young plants ready to plant
These small clumps of seedlings are ready to plant, a format derived from the professional world. Available in different sizes (depending on the progress in the season), they can be planted directly.
Supplied in trays, the smaller they are, they are more numerous per tray and save! A tray of 35 costs around 10 €. What do stock a good-sized garden.
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Mix bulbs and biennials produces very good results. Biennials form a pretty colorful carpet, while the bulbs give a little height and size (the size of their flowers).
There is no competition in the roots, and planting in 2 stages there is no problem of implementation.
For this gardener, we will deal with: delicious
rape of a pink tone marked. Very floriferous, the violas are these charming "little thoughts" of a bright blue forget-me, pretty tulips too high and a soft pink, to contrast nicely with their neighbors.
Commissioning The work
gardener (for us half a barrel cut in the direction of height) is packed with good compost.
These are the first tulip bulbs that are placed (not too often!). Planting depth of bulbs will be approximately equal to twice their height. The hole is kept open until the completion of the work, not to inadvertently place a seedling just above a bulb!
There is concern then minimottes trays, which had previously been soaked in a tub of water to wet the clods.
Given their small size, these plants are quite fragile and require careful handling. To extract the polystyrene tray, use the tips of your fingers or a small piece of wood not too sharp.
Arrange your lumps on the surface of the planter, violas and forget-me by mixing. Use the bulb planter to practice your holes, ensuring that they are not too deep and narrow, leading to leave an air gap beneath the sod: very detrimental.
Finally
As usual, a good watering is needed to settle the soil around the bulbs and plants.
A little fertilizer may be helpful to support the bloom biannually. The cones of slow-release fertilizers are well suited for this job. Count 6 to 10 cones a bed of good surface.
Then ... let nature take its course. Fall and winter will move forward, and from the very beginning of the year, violas will reward you with a shimmer of earlier flowering. The forget-me complete the picture a bit later (around March-April), followed logically by the explosion tulips. Little effort for a table flowers over several months!
