The Garden Media Group , represent European medulla exporter , are introducing stinzen garden to the United States . The first gravid - scale leaf stinzen garden will be planted in mid - October in the Finger Lakes region of New York . In total , 70,500 bulbs will be constitute on a quarter of an acre . This established bulb garden will blossom in succession for several months next spring .
Stinzen gardens , and stinzen - style lawn may be new concepts to many gardener , but their history is centuries old . The first botanical explorers begin importing electric-light bulb from central Asia and the Mediterranean to the Netherlands in the 16th century , and they contribute back more than tulips .
Stinzen garden can be found in many role of the Netherlands , but are especially prevalent in the northern area of Friesland . The word “ stins ” is a medieval Frisian word meaning a bastioned brick theatre , a form of small castling for baronial folk , as only the loaded could afford to make in brick hundreds of years ago . These demesne holders also had access to the newly imported medulla and embellish their estates with a chronological succession of small , spring - flowering bulb .
It ’s unknown if stinzen gardens were the precursor of what we refer to today as “ naturalizing , ” but they likely had some influence . The same vintage bulbs used hundreds of year ago in these Dutch gardens are still perfect for naturalizing today . They maturate well in sparse lawns under deciduous Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and shrubs , taking advantage of the leafless canopy to soak up the bounce sunlight .
amount back every yearUsing spring - flowering bulb for naturalizing is a gratifying garden style that requires very little input signal and will bloom for two months or more . Once planted , the bulbs amount back year after class , multiplying each season for a bigger and cock-a-hoop floral show . They cater an early intellectual nourishment source for pollinator and are food for the mortal for us humans after the prospicient winter .
Think long - term about where you are planting . Bulbs do best in well - draining soils and can tolerate full sun or part shade . avert planting them where rain collects on the soil surface , such as the foot of a hill or end of a drainpipe , since flower bulbs that stand in water too long have a swell probability of drowning due to a lack of oxygen . Most former flowering bulbs do well when planted under deciduous trees . The flowers emerge before or as Modern leaves unfurl and go hibernating by the time the tree provide great spook .
