Spring-flowering bulbs are easy instant growing packages that can be planted now in gardens or pots. Here are some inspiring ideas on how to use bulbs in your garden to make the most of their colour, perfume and mass appeal. Get planting!
Autumn is the time to plant bulbs for colour later in the year. There are many ways to enjoy bulbs in your garden. For a wild look, mass-plant bulbs in lawn areas or scatter them under trees. Good choices include freesias and narcissus of all types. For success, choose a position that’s sunny throughout winter and early spring, such as among deciduous trees.
For a pretty cottage garden effect, select easy-to-grow bulbs such as anemones or ranunculus, and team them with late-winter- and spring-flowering annuals such as Iceland poppies, alyssum, pansies or violas. Add contrast and splashes of colour with the occasional clump of Dutch iris, tulips or daffodils. If space is tight in your garden, or you lack the sunny spots that spring-flowering bulbs enjoy, you can grow bulbs in pots.
Select an attractive container, with drainage holes in its base, and fill the pot with a good-quality potting mix. Bulbs planted in pots can be grown more closely together than the recommended spacing. Grow just one type of bulb per pot, such as hyacinth or tulips, or overplant the bulbs with annuals, such as pansies, to extend the flowering period.
To ensure success with bulbs, always follow the instructions on the packet, plant in autumn and select a sunny, well-drained spot. In warm or humid climates treat bulbs as annuals, replanting them each year.
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