Layering bulbs in pots

Spruce up your garden or porch with bulb lasagna. Learn more about how to create layers of bulbs to keep brightly colored flowers blooming all season long.

The concept of a bulb lasagne is simple. Planting bulbs in layers allows bulbs that flower at different times to share the same pot, as one finishes blooming another is ready to take its place.

Learn how to plant bulbs in pots in the fall for gorgeous blooms in the spring.

To get dense and flowery spring pot displays, you have to try layering bulbs in what the Dutch call a bulb lasagne, layering them up one on top of another.

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Courtesy: NC State Extension It is planting layers of different bulbs in the same pot, creating a beautiful Spring display with the various ...

Planting a ‘Bulb Lasagne’ of spring-flowering bulbs at this time of the year will deliver impact and colour to even the smallest of areas in spring.

Now you can guarantee a steady stream of colorful spring blooms all season long.

Michael Griffiths on Instagram: "How to layer spring bulbs Always start with the latest flowering spring bulbs, that’s your alliums and irises. These should be around 6-10 inches deep. Then your mid season bulbs. Muscari, daffodils and hyacinths at a depth of about 4-6 inches. Then your early flowering bulbs like Crocus, Winter aconite and Snow drops at about 2-4 inches deep. Ad\"