April 22/11 Senga's Vlog Growing Crocuses in your lawn

Easter is a time where we think all things spring. And that means spring bulbs. Last fall I planted crocuses in our lawn. It is a simple and easy way to create a burst of bright colour in your garden when nothing else seems to be growing or blooming. I add a few bags of bulbs each so that over time my lawn will be covered in yellows, purples and whites each spring. And crocuses will multiply over time so you won't have to replace them each season.

This spring I also discovered our honey bees love them - collecting the pollen and nectar to bring back to their hives.

See the simple way to plant crocuse for a burst of spring that comes back each year. Watch my vlog

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• Landscape
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• Crocuses'
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• Bulbs'
• Crocuses

[sengalindsay]

Hi There:

Here in Vancouver it is the squirrels that get into our crocuses. So we plant them very late in the fall (ground almost frozen - for some reason they are not so much on the hunt for food (maybe stored away most of their stores) and I also add bloodmeal to each hole.

An alnternative is that you might want to use minature daffodils. Seems like all critters are not fond of them.

Cheers and thanks for watching

Senga

[dkulikowski]

So pretty! In my Wisconsin yard I planted my grass with crocus, but no one told me that the bunnies and deer love crocus. I have one or maybe two that they didn't eat. I discovered that they didn't eat scillas and they naturalize easily also. Thank you for your wonderful vlog. Smiles, Lark

[Towndrunk26er]

I did this about 4 years ago and am really happy that I did.