Spring bulbs have arrived in garden centres. Daffodils, tulips, crocus, and allium are among the most common.

Spring bulbs must to be planted in the fall to allow them to set a few roots before the ground freezes. In the spring, they are ready to start growing and produce early spring blooms.

The size of the bulb will help you know how deep to plant it and how early it will bloom.

Small bulbs such as crocus and snowdrops are about 1 centimetre in diameter and are planted about two cm below the soil surface. The surface soil warms first in the spring and these bulbs are among the first to send up leaves and flower stalks.

Daffodils or narcissus, the most popular spring bulbs, also are planted twice as deep as the bulb is big, so about 10 cm in the ground. Depending on the spring weather

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