Ideas for bulbs in containers for continual flowerinng feb-summer??

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone had any ideas;
I've got two long containers/troughs (about 1mx30cm deep x 20cm)and wanted ti do some bulbs that will flower starting in feb/march onwards. I recall my grandma doing me a container that had many different bulbs plamted at different levels but i cant remember what she put in.


Anyone else do something similar? Any ideas? Thank you

 

Hi snorky I done layering/lasagnes last year. Bulbs to use.. dutch iris, alliums, hyacinth, tulips (look on the pack they can be early/late bloomers), bluebells, grape hyacinth, daffs (tete e tete or cheerfullness were nice, not too in your face), crocus and snowdrops. There was a thread a few weeks ago about spring bulbs I put pics of what mineeds turned out like. Will find it in a bit for you. I was really worried about them being too crammed but they turned out pretty good and flowered from end of Feb till May. I also put violas on top so it wasn't bare over winter. Hope that helps a bit. Google Sarah raven bulb lasagne

Edit sorry on my phone, bloody autocorrect!

 

Ooh thanks Linz...thats exactly the kind of thing I'm wanting to do. I'll look it up now

 

What is suitable to grow in pot's link to the thread/post

 

Iris Katherine Hodgkin is about as early as Snowdrops are...............


Next up would be things like;
Fritillaria uva-vulpis..............


Anemone blanda.............


Erythroniums...............






Then the Ipheon and Ornithogalum..............






Late spring and early summer sees Allium sicilum and Allium christophii................




Then for summer try Galtonia candicans...................


Or Eucomis "Sparkling Burgundy"......................

 

@longk , thanks some good suggestions there

If you are not sure what "Lasagne" or "layered" planting is the diagram below shows a good selection . Don't worry if the planter looks to crammed , the bulbs always make there own room ! Just make sure the bulbs are planted at approx the correct depth for their type.

 

Another point on that issue, if you want a "tidy" display using this method, put the taller bulbs positioned in the *centre* of the pot and the smaller ones around the outer edges of the pot It's a subtle thing but can make all the difference to how "professional" the display looks

 

Wow I need me some Ipheion and Erythroniums, they are so pretty. That Eucomis is a lovely colour too.

 

All my examples are easy to find in most garden centres. Not quite so easily found but really choice and worth the effort is Ipheon "Rolf Feidler"...............


Other summer bloomers could include the less common Lilies;
Lilium michauxii..................


Lilium martagon....................