Bulbs
Stocking a wide range of bulbs, Capital Gardens can help keep your flowerbed and veg patches in business throughout the summer and beyond. From Narcissus to Iris and almost everything in between, our range of bulbs are designed to thrive in the great British weather.
All of the bulbs in the Capital Gardens range are sourced from expert growers and brands such as Taylors, helping ensure high quality flowers and vegetables. The wide range of styles, colours and scents available from our bulbs range can help complement all back garden styles and aesthetics.
Shallots and Onion Bulbs
Mainstays of an endless menu of recipes, onions and shallots are the perfect addition to the vegetable patch. Simple to grow in the spring in UK, onions and shallots don’t need a lot of room to flower, helping supply you with beautiful veg throughout the year. At Capital Gardens, we stock a wide range of bulbs for onions and shallots. The beautiful Onion Senshyu Bulbs grows versatile onions, well-suited to a wide range of dishes and recipes.
We also stock a great selection of garlic bulbs – keeping you in plentiful stock of one of the most popular and versatile flavourings.
Flower Bulbs
The bulk of our bulbs stock is made up by flowers bulbs – helping you grow a wide range of beautiful flowers in the garden. From traditional UK gardens staples to more exotic and unusual flowers; Capital Gardens can help you cultivate your perfect garden appearance and scent.
The Muscari Valerie Finnis bulbs from Taylors blossom in the springtime, offering a beautiful appeal throughout the summer months – flowering for a particularly long time.
For more help selecting the perfect bulbs for your flowerbed or vegetable patch, or help nourishing and growing the plants – the Capital Gardens team are more than happy to offer assistance and expert advice. Simply call us on 01442 875 037 and we will endeavour to help in any way we can.
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AGAPANTHUS BLUE TRIUMPHATOR
AGAPANTHUS BLUE TRIUMPHATOR
Agapanthus ‘Blue triumphator’ produces some of the best blues in your garden forming deep green strap-shaped leaves. Agapanthus do vary in their degree of winter hardiness, in locations colder than 8 are best grown in containers and brought indoors during winter.
- Position: Full sunlight/partial shade
- Bloom season: summer
- Hardiness zone: 8-11
- Grow in containers
This product is available at the following Garden centres:
- Alexandra Palace Garden centre
- Neals Nursery Garden centre
- Woods of Berkhamsted Garden centre
- Studley Green Garden centre
- Sherfield On Loddon Garden centre
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ALLIUM ATROPURPUREUM
ALLIUM ATROPURPUREUM
Grow in a wide range of soils provided there is good drainage. They like sunshine but the flowers will last longer in partial shade. Valuable for planting in groups in borders or for naturalising (flowering for year after year). Excellent, long lasting cut flower. Plant taller varieties to the rear of borders. Flowers can be used for dried arrangements.
- Pollinator friendly
- Claret
- Flowering time: May/June
- Flowering height: 60cm/24 inches
- Planting depth: 15cm/ 6 inches
- Planting distance: 10cm/ 4 inches
- Planting time: July onwards
This product is available at the following Garden centres:
- Alexandra Palace Garden centre
- Neals Nursery Garden centre
- Woods of Berkhamsted Garden centre
- Studley Green Garden centre
- Sherfield On Loddon Garden centre
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ALLIUM CAERULEUM
ALLIUM CAERULEUM
Grow in a wide range of soils provided there is good drainage. They like sunshine but the flowers will last longer in partial shade. Valuable for planting in groups in borders or for naturalising (flowering for year after year). Excellent, long lasting cut flower. Plant taller varieties to the rear of borders. Flowers can be used for dried arrangements.
RHS Award Winner.
- Pollinator friendly
- Blue
- Flowering time: May/June
- Flowering height: 60cm/24 inches
- Planting depth: 8cm/ 3 inches
- Planting distance: 5cm/ 2 inches
- Planting time: August onwards
This product is available at the following Garden centres:
- Alexandra Palace Garden centre
- Neals Nursery Garden centre
- Woods of Berkhamsted Garden centre
- Studley Green Garden centre
- Sherfield On Loddon Garden centre
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ALLIUM CHRISTOPHII
ALLIUM CHRISTOPHII
‘Christophii’ is a long lasting pale lilac flower. Plant in groups in boarders for naturalising (flowering for year after year) Excellent, long lasting cut flower. Plant taller varieties to the rear of boarders. Can be used for dried arrangements.
RHS award winner.
- Flowering time: May/June
- Flowering height: 60cm/24 inches
- Planting depth: 15cm/ 6 inches
- Planting distance: 10cm/ 4 inches
- Plant August onwards
- Pollinator friendly
- Purple
This product is available at the following Garden centres:
- Alexandra Palace Garden centre
- Neals Nursery Garden centre
- Woods of Berkhamsted Garden centre
- Studley Green Garden centre
- Sherfield On Loddon Garden centre
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ALLIUM GLADIATOR
ALLIUM GLADIATOR
Alliums will grow in a wide range of soils provided there is good drainage. They like sunshine but the flowers will last longer in partial shade. Valuable for planting in groups in borders or for naturalising (flowering for year after year). Excellent, long lasting cut flower.
Plant taller varieties to the rear of borders. Flowers can be used for dried arrangements.
RHS Award Winner.
- Pollinator friendly
- Mauve
- Flowering time: June/July
- Flowering height: 120cm/48 inches
- Planting depth: 15cm/6 inches
- Planting distance: 15cm/ 6 inches
- Planting August onwards
This product is available at the following Garden centres:
- Alexandra Palace Garden centre
- Neals Nursery Garden centre
- Woods of Berkhamsted Garden centre
- Studley Green Garden centre
- Sherfield On Loddon Garden centre
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ALLIUM GLOBEMASTER
ALLIUM GLOBEMASTER
Large purple Alliums grow in a wide range of soils provided there is good drainage. They like sunshine but the flowers will last longer in partial shade. Valuable for planting in groups in borders or for naturalising (flowering for year after year). Excellent, long lasting cut flower. Plant taller varieties to the rear of borders. Flowers can be used for dried arrangements.
RHS Award Winner.
- Pollinator friendly
- Purple
- Flowering time: May/June
- Flowering height: 80cm/32 inches
- Planting depth: 15cm/ 6 inches
- Planting distance: 15cm/ 6 inches
- Planting time: August onwards
This product is available at the following Garden centres:
- Alexandra Palace Garden centre
- Neals Nursery Garden centre
- Woods of Berkhamsted Garden centre
- Studley Green Garden centre
- Sherfield On Loddon Garden centre
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ALLIUM GRACEFUL BEAUTY ‘BULB OF THE YEAR
ALLIUM GRACEFUL BEAUTY ‘BULB OF THE YEAR
Sparkling white flowers with purple stamens. Valuable for planting in groups in boarders or for naturalising (flowering for year after year) Excellent long lasting cut flower. Plant taller varieties to the rear of boarders. Flowers can be used for dried arrangements.
- Pollinator friendly
- White
- Flowering time: April/May
- Flowering height: 30cm/12 inches
- Planting depth: 10cm/4 inches
- Planting distance: 5cm/2 inches
- Planting time: Autumn/Spring
- Keep in shade
This product is available at the following Garden centres:
- Alexandra Palace Garden centre
- Neals Nursery Garden centre
- Woods of Berkhamsted Garden centre
- Studley Green Garden centre
- Sherfield On Loddon Garden centre
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ALLIUM METALLIC SHINE
ALLIUM METALLIC SHINE
Dark lilac flowers, star shaped with a metallic sheen to them. Ideal for encouraging pollinators into your garden. Valuable for planting in groups in boarders or for naturalising (flowering for year after year). Excellent long lasting cut flower.
- Flowering time: June
- Flowering height: 60cm/24 inches
- Planting depth: 20cm/8 inches
- Planting distance: 10cm/ 4 inches
- Colour: Lilac
This product is available at the following Garden centres:
- Alexandra Palace Garden centre
- Neals Nursery Garden centre
- Woods of Berkhamsted Garden centre
- Studley Green Garden centre
- Sherfield On Loddon Garden centre
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ALLIUM MOUNT EVEREST
ALLIUM MOUNT EVEREST
Alliums will grow in a wide range of soils provided there is good drainage. They like sunshine but the flowers will last longer in partial shade. Valuable for planting in groups in borders or for naturalising (flowering for year after year). Excellent, long lasting cut flower. Plant taller varieties to the rear of borders. Flowers can be used for dried arrangements.
- Pollinator friendly
- White
- Flowering time: May/June
- Flowering height: 120cm/48 inches
- Planting depth: 20cm/ 8 inches
- Planting distance: 15cm/ 6 inches
- Planting time: August onwards
This product is available at the following Garden centres:
- Alexandra Palace Garden centre
- Neals Nursery Garden centre
- Woods of Berkhamsted Garden centre
- Studley Green Garden centre
- Sherfield On Loddon Garden centre
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ALLIUM NIGRUM
ALLIUM NIGRUM
Alliums will grow in a wide range of soils provided there is good drainage. They like sunshine but the flowers will last longer in partial shade. Valuable for planting in groups in borders or for naturalising (flowering for year after year). Excellent, long lasting cut flower.
Plant taller varieties to the rear of borders. Flowers can be used for dried arrangements.
- Pollinator friendly
- White
- Flowering time: May/June
- Flowering height: 70cm/28 inches
- Planting depth: 15cm/6 inches
- Planting distance: 10cm/ 4 inches
- Planting August onwards
This product is available at the following Garden centres:
- Alexandra Palace Garden centre
- Neals Nursery Garden centre
- Woods of Berkhamsted Garden centre
- Studley Green Garden centre
- Sherfield On Loddon Garden centre
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ALLIUM PURPLE SENSATION
ALLIUM PURPLE SENSATION
These flowers are valuable for planting in groups or for naturalising (flowering year after year). Excellent, long lasting cut flower. Plant taller varieties to the rear or boarders. Flowers can also be used in dried arrangements.
RHS Award winner
- Flowering time: May/June
- Flowering height: 90cm/ 36 inches
- Planting depth: 15cm/ 6 inches
- Planting distance: 10cm/ 4 inches
- Plant August onwards
- Pollinator friendly
- Purple
This product is available at the following Garden centres:
- Alexandra Palace Garden centre
- Neals Nursery Garden centre
- Woods of Berkhamsted Garden centre
- Studley Green Garden centre
- Sherfield On Loddon Garden centre
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ALLIUM SCHUBERTII
ALLIUM SCHUBERTII
Grow in a wide range of soils provided there is good drainage. They like sunshine but the flowers will last longer in partial shade. Valuable for planting in groups in borders or for naturalising (flowering for year after year). Excellent, long lasting cut flower. Plant taller varieties to the rear of borders. Flowers can be used for dried arrangements.
RHS Award Winner.
- Pollinator friendly
- Pink
- Flowering time: End May/Early June
- Flowering height: 40cm/16 inches
- Planting depth: 15cm/ 6 inches
- Planting distance: 15cm/ 6 inches
- Planting time: August onwards
This product is available at the following Garden centres:
- Alexandra Palace Garden centre
- Neals Nursery Garden centre
- Woods of Berkhamsted Garden centre
- Studley Green Garden centre
- Sherfield On Loddon Garden centre