THE end of summer doesn’t mean it’s time to hang up your gardening gloves.
Acting now can completely transform your flower beds for spring, and even before.
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Green-fingered Lidl shoppers can pick up bags of bulbs to help elevate their gardens.
Whether you’re looking for a winter bloom or already thinking ahead to spring, the middle aisle has everything you need.
Lidl launch
The bargain retailer is launching a range of plant picks from Thursday, August 28.
This collection includes a wide variety of spring flowering bulbs from just £1.79.
Or if you’re looking for something that blooms throughout winter and into spring, you won’t be stuck.
Winter blooms
You can pick up a bag of Premium Bulbs Crocus “King of the Striped” for just £1.99.
The flower often emerges as one of the earliest blooms of the season.
This plants features large flowers with irregular stripes, adding a bright colour to your garden as you move into spring.
It is regarded as perfect for planting in borders, pots, and flower beds.
Another flower which blooms in winter is the Iris “Purple Hill/Blue Hill”, also available for £1.99.
Also known as dwarf reticulata iris, this plant blooms from late winter to early spring.
It brings a vibrant colour to your garden when all your other plants are still dormant.
This plant hasbeen known to flower as early as February, providing a hopeful early sign of spring.
You can easily identify it by its deep purple petals and golden markings.
Experts recommend planting these bulbs in September, before the winter weather sets in.
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