With this year’s garden entering the golden months, look to the promise of spring with bulbs to plant this fall. Here are some alluring alliums to consider.

A cool-season flower that can be set out in early spring, sweet alyssum fades in the summer heat, but its clusters of tiny white, pink, or purple blooms will likely cover your garden again in the fall when temperatures stabilize.

Wisconsin gardeners can plant spring-blooming bulbs when ground temperatures drop to around 50 to 55 degrees Fahrenheit or lower (but not freezing).

Bulbs like daffodils, tulips and crocus adore the Pacific Northwest’s climate — the Skagit Valley alone grows roughly 1000 acres of daffodil and tulip fields — and now is the perfect time to plant for abundant spring blooms.

Now that the summer has faded away, you might think it’s time to pack up your gardening tools. But that’s simply not the case – as fall is actually the perfect time to plant bulbs that will burst into color in the spring.

If want to see your garden bursting with colour come Spring, you will need to plant certain bulbs now. As we approach the Autumn and Winter months, keen gardeners will be bidding farewell to their summer blooms and starting to prepare their outdoor spaces for the cold weather.