🌸🏵️Plant these bulbs now for gorgeous summer color!

Published: Fri, 04/03/26

Updated: Thu, 04/09/26

Good morning, Rural Sprout readers,

We’re kicking off the first weekend in April with flowers, flowers and more flowers. My daffodils are up, can you tell? And that’s got me ready for even more gorgeous blooms.

Thankfully, Mickey has a huge list of summer-blooming bulbs we can plant right now.

I am ready to try growing some new blooms and have fresh-cut flowers in the house again, so I am already making a shopping list from Mickey’s article. See you on Sunday!

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