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What To Know About Planting Bulbs in Pots

Love the look of potted tulips in the springtime? Grow your own springtime blooms with these step-by-step tips.
Growing tulips in containers is a rewarding way to enjoy colourful blooms even if you don’t have a ground garden. By selecting the right bulbs, soil, pots, and care routine, you can create a stunning ...
Q: For Valentine’s Day, I received tulip bulbs growing and blooming in a water-filled container, and I’m curious to know if I can plant them in a pot as I’ve noticed they’re starting to turn ...
Tulips quickly sprout from the ground and show off vividly colored blooms while most other plants have barely started waking up in spring. But what should you do with tulip bulbs after flowering and ...
In containers, too Planting spring flowering bulbs in containers is wonderful. I always save some narcissus, anemones, ranunculus, grape hyacinths, Dutch irises and freesias to plant in containers, as ...
All spring-blooming bulbs, such as hyacinths and crocus, grow well in containers. Photo provided by OSU. (Gertrude K./Flickr) Paperwhite narcissus bulbs, because of their fragrance, are popular to ...
Is December too late to plant tulip bulbs? It's the question on many people's minds right now, especially as so many packets of tulip bulbs are on sale at local garden centres up and down the country.
CORVALLIS – In fall, gardeners settle bulbs under a blanket of soil and wait for spring to watch them flaunt their beauty. “It’s easy to create a stunning display that bursts into bloom in the spring ...
world. The flowers vary considerably in color, form and height. Tulips are spectacular when massed alone or combine beautifully with other spring flowers such as alyssum, pansies and violas. Where you ...