One might think that, by midsummer, most bulbs will have done their beautiful thing. Not so. The welcome sight of early spring flowerers is a distant memory, as is the colour fest provided by daffodils and tulips, but there’s still much to look forward to in the bulb kingdom during the second half of the year. Some of these treats are a regular sight in our gardens because many favourites of the flower border, such as crocosmia and cannas, come under the broad umbrella of “bulbous plants”, though they are thought of as herbaceous perennials.
Despite this, far too many late-summer and autumn options are neglected by gardeners who already have an abundance of other plants jostling for space. In part, this is because so