Adam Albright

Use these tips to make a big impact in your landscape with beautiful spring-flowering bulbs.

With a little strategic planting, you’ll be able to enjoy these colorful plants for years to come.

For a natural look, toss them by the handful and plant them where they land.

Planter with tulips and grape hyacinths

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Pay Attention to Foliage

Peter Krumhardt

Add flowers with variegated foliage to yourspring gardenlayout.

Choosing them adds interest to your landscape, even after the flowers fade.

To keep them from creating bare spots in your yard,mix in some spring-blooming bulbs.

Gardener using tool to plant bulbs

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The bulb foliage will start to fade as the perennials begin to grow.

Showcase Unusual Bulbs

Familiar favorites such as daffodils andtulips in front of the housealways look gorgeous.

But there are a few more unusual types of bulbs that can make a big impact, too.

Tulips against white picket fence

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A selection of fun fritillarias, for example, makes an eye-catching display beside a walkway.

Or try planting some foxtail lilies for a striking accent.

weeping cherry in garden with tulips and flowering bulbs

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Pink and purple flowers planted in terracotta pot

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Grape hyacinth

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Yellow and orange daffodils planted in container

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Variegated red tulips

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Garden of pink tulips

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Garden of yellow crown imperials

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