Winter can be a beautiful display of white flurries with the still nights of cold. There is nothing more amazing than the icicles that form on deciduous plantings and the flurries of white small puffs residing upon the ground. This wintry time of year is what makes winter a breathtaking spectacle. However, after a long, cold and sometimes dreary winter, nothing can spice up one’s garden than a sunny border of spring bulbs.

Just as the spring shrubs start to come into play such as the azaleas and Lenten roses and the bright colors of the spring flowering trees, a sunny border of bulbs will draw the eye in to focus on all the hard work done during the fall in order to bring life, at this division of seasons, to the garden.

The all familiar bulbs for a sunny border including tulips, daffodils and hyacinths are not the only reasons to create sunshine in your landscape through color. Take a peek below and see just how much sunshine of color can be created with bulbs.

Here is a list of bulbs that will flourish in your sunny border:

Allium - (description) - in the center of grassy like foliage, a stem will emerge that will top itself with a globe of textured color. Its jazzy flowers will make a showing come early summer but should be planted in early to mid-fall. Another option to plant would be no later than early spring. The color it exhibits range from hues of red, purple to white, burgundy and blue. It takes full sun but may tolerate a little shade.

Uses: make it your showstopper for the back of any border or flower bed.

Common Camass - also known as the wild hyacinth - (description) - As spring breaks ground, this bulb will produce lush clumps of grayish-green foliage and right before spring peaks, a leafless stem with top with a spiky flower cluster made up of many flowers. The colors it exhibits can either be white or pale to deep blue. It takes full to partial sun and should be planted as soon as they arrive in your nursery during autumn season.

Uses: since it loves moisture (not too much though), planting it along a streambed or near your pond amongst other moisture lovers, will make an amazing pictorial.

Dutch Crocus - (description) - It will produce leaves and flowers from a small corm in either late winter or early spring depending on your climate zone. As grass-like leaves form, not far off will a goblet shaped flower raise its pretty head in colors of white, lavender, yellow or purple; such wondrous colors for a cold spring day that will invite life into the landscape. It takes full sun to partial sun and can be planted in the fall.

Uses: be sure to plant them in beds close to an area where people pass by since they are small but in mass will add impact.

Crown Imperial – (description) – this mark of astounding beauty takes a couple of years to establish itself into long, green stems topped with hanging bells of warmth to the landscape with yellow orange or red tones of color. It blooms with very glossy like foliage during mid to late spring. It takes full sun and should be planted in late summer or early fall.

Uses: make this beauty of nature a prominent accent for your border or flower beds.

Common Snowdrop – (description) – this is one of the earliest flowers to bloom in the spring garden and they reseed. They grow from small bulbs that produce green leaves as an understory to a drowsy, bent over flower. Its blooms are white as the name itself defines and begins blooming in late winter or early spring. It takes full sun and should be planted in the fall.

Uses: since it naturalizes, be sure to plant it with other early season bulbs like crocus placed in an area where masses of its kind won’t be disturbed or moved.

Spanish Bluebells – (description) – what would a spring garden be without this patch of color. In spring, they form a bundle of green leaves where an upright stem of bell-shaped flowers appear in late spring. Though it has a reputation of becoming invasive, it can easily be minimized by discarding any unwanted plants. Its blooms of white, pink and even purple will invite itself into your spring selection of spring bulbs. It takes full sun to partial sun/shade and should be planted in the fall.

Uses: include it in your borders and flower beds or in a woodland area for naturalizing.

Siberian Squill – (description) – in a partial shade garden, this is the bulb to plant in mass for your garden. Its bluish blooms define a hue of spectacular beauty. It’s grown from a small bulb that produces the common understory of grass-like foliage that by early to mid-spring is topped with clusters of bell shaped blooms. With the hue of blue it produces, the impact it makes in the garden is breathtaking amongst other cool-season annuals. It takes full sun to partial sun and should be planted in early to mid-fall.

Uses: since it naturalizes as well, be sure to plant in lawns, under deciduous trees and shrubs; also with the tall legs of yellow daffodils that will both contrast one another in your striking spring landscape.

Listed above are seven more reasons to begin a sunny, spring garden in your landscape. Whether you are in a warmer climate with slightly chilled and breezy temperatures or in the more wintry parts of the world, allow the sun to heat up those chilly, arctic days of spring by reflecting color in your garden.