The DutchGrown Blog

The Best Red Tulips to Grow
Red is the colour of stop lights, emergency buttons and blood and is also to be found in flowers of many dramatic tulips. Red tulips signal the start of spring...
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Black Tulips
Black tulips have been the holy grail of tulip breeders for centuries. It is rather like what you don’t have yet is what you want, just like a blue rose...
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Naturalising Daffodils in Grass
It is easy to grow daffodils in grass; through the lawn or meadow areas of your garden. Naturalised daffodils, in the true sense of the word, are the wild species...
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How I Use Bulbs in My Garden
Bulbs play an important part in the gardens I design, but maybe the way I use them in my own garden will help other gardeners make a plan for their...
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Wake Up Your Garden With very Early Flowering Bulbs
At the end of winter the garden begins to wake up and one of its greatest pleasures is the appearance of tiny bulbs that seem to spring out of the...
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Using and Choosing Tulips in Gardens
Tulips are for me the icing on the cake in my gardens. Choosing the different sorts and deciding how and where to use them in designs is a particular pleasure....
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Ornamental Onions - Alliums in Garden Borders
At the start of summer herbaceous perennials are growing fast and many shrubs are in flower. Together they dominate the scene that was earlier the canvas for a display of...
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Gardening challenges?
- Agapanthus
- Alliums
- Amarine
- Amaryllis
- Amaryllis Belladonna
- Anemone
- Astilbe
- Astrantia (Masterwort)
- Bearded Iris
- Begonia
- Calla Lily
- Camassia
- Cardoon (Artichoke Thistle)
- Chionodoxa
- Cobra Lily (Arisaema)
- Columbines (Aquilegia)
- Crocus
- Daffodils
- Dahlias
- Daylily (Hemerocallis)
- Delphinium
- Dicentra
- Dichelostemma
- Dutch Iris
- Dwarf Iris
- Echinacea
- Eranthis
- Eremurus
- Eucomis (Pineapple Lily)
- Fritillaria
- Galanthus
- Geranium
- Geum
- Giant Snowflake
- Gladiolus
- Glory of the Snow
- Grape Hyacinths
- Gypsophila (Baby's Breath)
- Helleborus
- Hosta
- Hyacinthoides
- Hyacinths
- Iris
- Italian Ranunculus
- Ixia
- Leucojum
- Liatris
- Lilies
- Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis)
- Lupin
- Muscari
- Narcissus
- Nerine
- Ornithogalum
- Papaver
- Papaver (Oriental Poppy)
- Paperwhites
- Peonies
- Perennials
- Phlox
- Puschkinia
- Ranunculus
- Red Hot Poker (Kniphofia)
- Saffron Crocus
- Scilla
- Sedum (Stonecrop)
- Siberian Squill
- Snowdrops
- Spanish Bluebells
- Striped Squill
- Tricyrtis (Toad Lily)
- Tuberose (Polianthes)
- Tulips
- Winter Aconite