Fresh varieties, bigger spring impact and months of colour to look forward to, starting with the bulbs you plant this autumn.
One of the things that makes us love gardening so much is that it never really stops! There is always something to prune, tidy, feed, plant or, most importantly, plan.
Even though our summer borders are in full colour right now, autumn will be here before we know it, and that means bulb planting season!
Luckily, here at YouGarden, we have a whole host of new autumn planting bulbs joining the range this year, including fresh varieties of daffodils, tulips, alliums, crocus, hyacinths, muscari and more.
Daffodil ‘Hunter Sunrise‘
This fresh new Narcissus brings a soft, glowing look to spring displays, with lemon-yellow petals and delicate ivory cups that create a gentle sunrise effect. Each bulb produces multiple flowering stems, for fuller colour. The fragrant blooms also make beautiful cut flowers, perfect for bringing that first breath of spring indoors. Easy, hardy and deer resistant, it is a lovely choice for brightening borders for years to come.
Anemone ‘Lord Lieutenant‘
For elegant spring colour, Anemone ‘Lord Lieutenant’ is a standout. Its double blue-purple flowers sit above finely cut green foliage, each bloom finished with a dark button centre. The long stems make it brilliant for cutting, so you can enjoy a few flowers indoors as well as outside. Plant in generous groups through sunny, sheltered borders or containers for a fresh display.
Fritillaria ‘Rubra‘
Few spring bulbs make a statement quite like Fritillaria ‘Rubra’. Also known as Crown Imperial, this award-winning variety sends up tall, upright stems topped with orange-red bell-shaped flowers and a leafy crown. Reaching up to 1.5m, it brings height, drama and structure to the back of sunny borders or large containers. Fully hardy and long lasting, it pairs beautifully with tulips, narcissi and emerging perennials for a really memorable spring display.
Tulip ‘Secret Perfume‘
Tulips are rarely grown for scent, but ‘Secret Perfume’ is a wonderful exception. This double-flowering variety produces soft lemon-yellow, peony-style blooms with a strong spring fragrance, making it perfect for pots near paths, doors and seating areas. Flowering in late April, it adds elegant colour just as spring displays gather pace. The rounded blooms also make excellent cut flowers, bringing perfume and fresh colour into the home.
Blue Allium caeruleum
True blue is one of the rarest and most sought-after colours in the garden, which makes Allium caeruleum such an exciting addition. In June, it produces neat rounded globes of bright blue star-shaped flowers on stems up to around 80cm tall. These airy flowerheads look superb woven through sunny borders with salvias, grasses, hardy geraniums and summer perennials. Fully hardy, easy to grow and popular with pollinators, it is a brilliant bridge between spring and summer colour.
Amaryllis ‘Minerva‘
For indoor winter drama, Amaryllis ‘Minerva’ is a real showstopper. This extra fancy bulb produces huge red and white patterned blooms, giving windowsills, tables and festive displays instant impact when the garden outside is resting. It is wonderfully easy too – just pot it up, water lightly and watch the strong stems rise before opening into a spectacular indoor display. Each stem carries multiple large flowers, often with more than one stem per bulb.
Amaryllis ‘Picotee‘
Amaryllis ‘Picotee’ brings crisp, elegant beauty indoors through winter and into spring. This RHS Award of Garden Merit variety produces large white blooms with a fine red edge, giving each flower a smart, almost tailored look. The statuesque stems rise above fresh green foliage, creating a refined display for a windowsill, table or sideboard. Easy to grow and impressive without being demanding, it also makes a thoughtful gift for gardeners and houseplant lovers.
Amaryllis ‘Lemon Star‘
For a fresher twist on traditional indoor winter colour, Amaryllis ‘Lemon Star’ is a beauty. It produces elegant single flowers in lemon, lime, cream and white tones, each finished with an apple-green centre. The effect is clean and bright, perfect for lifting your home through the darker months. Plant when desired and, depending on conditions, you can enjoy flowers around 10 to 12 weeks later, making it a lovely bulb for winter-to-spring displays.
Camassia ‘Alba‘
Camassia ‘Alba’ is a wonderful choice if you want late-spring height without heavy, overpowering planting. Its tall spires of creamy-white, star-shaped flowers rise above narrow green leaves, bringing a cool, elegant lift to borders, meadow-style planting and woodland edges. Reaching around 120cm tall, it looks superb woven through perennials and grasses. Better still, these hardy bulbs can naturalise in suitable conditions, returning year after year, while their flowers help attract bees and butterflies as spring moves towards summer.
Crocus ‘Cream Beauty‘
This RHS Award of Garden Merit winner produces fragrant creamy flowers with golden throats from late winter into early spring, often before many larger spring bulbs have even started. Plant in generous groups through pots, rockeries, window boxes, border edges or beneath deciduous shrubs, and let the soft colour shine through. Fully hardy, pollinator-friendly and able to naturalise when left undisturbed, it is a small bulb with a big seasonal lift.
Fritillaria ‘Lutea‘
For height and golden spring drama, Fritillaria ‘Lutea’ is a must! This yellow Crown Imperial produces upright stems topped with bright bell-shaped flowers beneath a crown of leafy bracts. Growing to around 90cm tall, it is ideal towards the back of sunny borders, where it rises above lower bulbs and emerging perennials. Fully hardy and long lasting in suitable well-drained soil, it brings a bold, sculptural quality to late spring displays.
Common English Bluebells
Few bulbs capture the spirit of a British spring quite like Common English Bluebells. With fragrant violet-blue bells carried on arching stems, they create that much-loved woodland look beneath deciduous trees, around hedges and through lightly shaded borders. Fully hardy and beautifully natural in style, they gradually form generous clumps when happy, returning each year with very little fuss. Loved by pollinators and rich in nostalgia, they are perfect for creating relaxed, wildlife-friendly spring planting that looks as though it has always belonged.
Hyacinth ‘Pretty In Pink’ Mix
Made for gardeners who want their spring displays to look beautifully coordinated without hours of planning. These hardy bulbs produce dense, showy flower spikes in rich pink tones, along with that unmistakable hyacinth perfume. Plant them near doors, paths, patios or seating areas so the scent can really be enjoyed, or use them in pots and window boxes for a polished spring feature. They also make excellent cut flowers, bringing colour and fragrance indoors.
Ipheion Mixed Bulbs
Ipheion Mixed Bulbs, commonly known as Starflowers, are a lovely way to scatter relaxed spring colour through the garden. Supplied as a generous 100-bulb mix, producing masses of star-shaped flowers from March to May, with a sweet honey fragrance that makes them especially charming near paths, patios and doorways. Fully hardy, easy to grow and quick to naturalise in suitable conditions, they form cheerful clumps of fresh green foliage and light, open blooms.
Iris ‘Harmony‘
Iris ‘Harmony’ is one of those little bulbs that makes a big difference at the quietest time of year. This RHS Award of Garden Merit dwarf iris produces vivid royal blue flowers in late winter and early spring, each marked with a white throat and bright yellow central band. Up to a compact 12cm tall, it is perfect for places where the jewel-like blooms can be admired up close, including pots, troughs, rockeries, path edges and the front of sunny borders. Fully hardy and easy, it is a superb early-season lift.
Iris ‘Purple Hill‘
Iris ‘Purple Hill’ brings a rich flash of colour just as winter begins to loosen its grip. This compact dwarf iris produces deep purple flowers from late winter into early spring, with darker purple, white and yellow markings adding intricate detail to every bloom. Growing to around 15cm tall, it is ideal for rockeries, alpine troughs, patio pots, border fronts and natural-style planting through grass. Fully hardy and easy to grow in a sunny, well-drained spot.
Daffodil Double Flowering Classic Mix
This Daffodil Double Flowering Classic Mix gives Britain’s favourite spring flower a fuller, more decorative twist. Instead of simple daffodil trumpets, this collection produces layered, double blooms with fragrance, charm and plenty of cheerful spring character. Plant them in patio pots, borders, beneath shrubs or through grass for a relaxed seasonal display that returns year after year. Fully hardy and easy to grow in sun or partial shade, they also make lovely cut flowers, bringing that unmistakable spring freshness indoors.
Tulip ‘Queensday‘
A carnival finish to the tulip season! Fully double flowers packed with orange, rose-red and golden tones. Flowering from April into May, its peony-style blooms give beds, borders and patio pots a rich, luxurious look just as earlier bulbs begin to fade. Growing to around 45cm tall on sturdy stems, it creates a strong focal point in sunny planting schemes. It is also excellent for cutting, with superb vase life for bringing late-spring colour indoors.
Tulip Double Flowering Mixed Bouquet
This mix has been chosen for beautiful home-grown spring bouquets. This blend of double, peony-style tulips brings together complementary colours that look superb both in the garden and in the vase. Reaching around 40cm tall, the sturdy stems hold their full blooms well in borders, containers and cut flower arrangements. Plant in pots near the house, weave through spring borders or grow as a dedicated cutting patch for elegant stems that can last up to 10 days indoors.
Tulip ‘Shirley‘
Tulip ‘Shirley’ is a late-spring tulip with real elegance and a lovely habit of changing as it matures. The flowers open creamy white, edged and flecked with purple, before the colour gradually softens into a pink-purple blush. Particularly attractive in sunny borders, beds and patio containers. With tall, graceful stems reaching around 60cm, it brings height without heaviness, and the refined blooms make excellent cut flowers for fresh, ivory and purple-tinted spring arrangements.
Crocus ‘King Of The Striped‘
Larger-than-average flowers open in pale purple, feathered with darker purple stripes, bringing a bright and distinctive display in late winter and early spring. Growing to around 10cm tall, it is perfect for path edges, rockeries, window boxes, patio pots and the front of sunny borders, where the patterned petals can be admired close up. Fully hardy, easy to grow and recommended as a Plant for Pollinators, it is even a valuable early boost for both bees.
Muscari ‘Baby’s Breath‘
A softer, more elegant take on the classic grape hyacinth. This award-winning variety produces gentle spring flower spikes above fresh foliage, creating low-growing drifts that work beautifully in pots, rockeries, path edges and border fronts. Reaching around 15cm tall, it is especially useful beneath tulips, narcissi and other taller spring bulbs, where it softens the base of the display. Fully hardy and easy to grow in sun or partial shade, it returns reliably with very little fuss.
Muscari ‘Grape Ice‘
A grape hyacinth with a real point of difference. Compact spikes are packed with fragrant bell-shaped flowers, deep in colour at the base and finished with crisp pale tips for a striking two-tone effect. Growing to around 20cm tall, it deserves a front-row spot in pots, edging, low containers and border fronts. Fully hardy and easy to naturalise in sunny, well-drained positions, it looks superb with daffodils, tulips and forget-me-nots, or cut for small spring vases.
Daffodil ‘Red Devon‘
Daffodil ‘Red Devon’ is a bold large-cupped narcissus that brings warmth, scent and strong April colour to the garden. Its generous blooms reach over 10cm wide, with light yellow petals and a richly coloured frilled cup for a cheerful, high-impact spring show. Growing to around 50cm tall, it is excellent for beds, borders, large pots and containers in sun or partial shade. Fully hardy and able to naturalise in suitable soil, it also makes a superb cut flower, bringing fresh fragrance indoors.
Tulip ‘Finola‘
A beautifully romantic choice for the later part of spring. Its scented, fully double flowers open in soft white with deep pink markings, creating a ruffled, peony-style look. Growing to around 50cm tall on sturdy stems, it brings long-lasting colour to sunny borders, patio pots and mixed containers just as earlier bulbs begin to fade. The fragrant blooms also cut beautifully, making this a lovely tulip for soft, elegant spring vases.
Allium ‘Gladiator‘
Towering early-summer style for your sunny borders. This RHS Award of Garden Merit variety produces enormous rounded flowerheads, each up to around 20cm across, on strong stems reaching about 1m tall. The lavender-purple globes rise cleanly through perennials, grasses, salvias and hardy geraniums, adding height after many spring bulbs have finished. It is also recognised as a Plant for Pollinators, making it a brilliant choice for dramatic garden impact that bees will appreciate too.
Tulip ‘Sun Lover‘
Pure late-spring joy, with double flowers that change colour as they mature. The blooms open in golden yellow with warm red-orange streaking, then move through glowing sunset shades towards burnt red-orange, so different flowers show different tones at the same time. Growing to around 40cm tall, this softly scented tulip looks fantastic in sunny borders, patio pots and container displays. It was also celebrated in the 2025 RHS Wisley Trials, where it finished in the top three of the People’s Choice vote.
Collared Daffodil Mix
Ideal if you love daffodils but want something a little more decorative than the classic single trumpet. Each flower features a frilled, ruffled or petal-like central cup, giving the blooms a fuller look. Because this is a mixed selection, the spring display feels varied and full of personality across beds, borders and containers. Fully hardy, easy to grow and able to naturalise in suitable positions.
Received Your Autumn Planting Bulbs In August? Here’s What To Do
When your bulbs arrive, open the packaging and check them over. Store them somewhere cool, dry, dark and well-ventilated until planting time. Most autumn bulbs can be planted from September onwards, once the soil begins to cool, although tulips are often best planted later in autumn.
Plant into well-drained soil or compost, water after planting to help settle them in, then let nature do most of the work. Before flowering in spring, keep pots from drying out completely and remove any weeds competing for space.
