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Sarah Raven offers video advice on planting eucomis bulbs in a pot, including information on drainage, compost and planting depths.springMore advice on growing exotic plantsCaring for cannas video project with Carol Klein.Growing exotic plants from

Sarah Raven demonstrates how to plant up a container of spring-flowering bulbs, narcissus, crocus and tulips, in our video guideautumnspringMore autumn planting projectsPot of azaleas and campanulas.Early spring-flowering container with thyme

in early spring.Hyacinth bulbsLarge terracotta potHorticultural gritLoamCompostSharp sandOctober - November30 minutesFebruary - MarchSpread a good layer of horticultural grit in the bottom of your container to help the compost drain efficiently in wet

in early part of the year -yet the spring flowering bulbs reappear annually-well they do here anyway Not really sure Rick, are you talking about Spring bulbs or Summer ones? Yes, if you like, but snowdrops and anemone blanda grow in shade. Daffodils prefer

all my spring bulbs are flowering now! how can i fill the gaps till  my summer plants come up? i have only borders and pots  where in the uk are you?this is very early.I could only suggest winter pansys.

Hi, l want to know, how to over winter potted tuber of Dahlia n other spring n summer flowering bulbs in the pot plz? is it ok to leave them in the garden as l haven,t got much of indoor space. Regards, Saj

Someone told me that it's possible to plant spring flowerin bulbs in aquatic pots and plant them in the Autumn then lift them out after flowering, leave them in a quiet corner to die down then repeat the process again.  Is this right or was someone

to cover the bulbs completely.Walk over the turf to firm it down, making sure it's level with the rest of the lawn. Then water the area generously.More on bulbsForcing narcissiLayering bulbs in a potHow to plant hyacinth bulbs in a potBrowse spring-flowering

't affected. The leaves can also be affected, with a general loss of vigour and poor flowering. Cucumber mosaic virus results in deformed plants and ruined or aborted flowers. Look out for sunken spots or ringed bulb scales on the stored bulbs. Tobacco

to be in spring.  Shall I chuck all my flowers now and put the bulbs in? ClaireCat wrote (see) I know its about the time to plant them.  I have some aliums and tulips, but with the weird weather we have had everything seems very late in flowering, so I have