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How to plant a bulb lasagne<\/h2>
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Pots of tulips by the house. \u00a9 Britt Willoughby Dyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>
I use big pots, and plant in layers, really packing the bulbs in \u2013 about 60 bulbs per pot to create a ‘bulb lasagne’. <\/p>
I fill the base with about 30cm of compost<\/a> and put in the first layer, densely packed, of a late tulip, such as \u2018Black Hero\u2019, which, because it\u2019s so deep will take time to emerge. The next layer will be a mid-season tulip from within the same colour palette, then another layer, this time using fewer bulbs, because they\u2019ll be overlapping with those below and then the final layer will be early flowering tulips, fewer still. <\/p>
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In May Tulipa \u2018Black Hero\u2019 and Tulipa \u2018James Wild\u2019 mix shades of rich toffee and burnt orange, a combination that matches the earthy colours and the textures of both the pot and the wall behind. \u00a9 Britt Willoughby Dyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>
I may even add another two layers \u2013 one of hyacinths<\/a>, to flower with the early tulips, and on top of that some really early bulbs, such as Muscari<\/em> (grape hyacinths), which get covered over as the bulbs below emerge. Once the early tulips have flowered I\u2019ll cut the stems back to soil level and I do that successively as the bulbs finish. These pots will flower for over a month, from April to May.<\/p>
$\"Pots$ Pots of tulips by the house. \u00a9 Britt Willoughby Dyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>
If I\u2019m planting tulips on their own in a pot, I may run out of time and do it after Christmas<\/a>, which is fine for tulips, but if you\u2019re mixing the tulips with other bulbs, such as hyacinths, you\u2019ll need to plant up by November. Once the pots have finished flowering, the bulbs can be lifted and dried, and then re-planted in the garden. Second- and third-year flowers will be smaller and gentler, but ideal for informal and country borders or under apple trees<\/a>.<\/p>
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How to plant a bulb lasagne<\/h2>Pots of tulips by the house. \u00a9 Britt Willoughby Dyer<\/figcaption><\/figure>I use big pots, and plant in layers, really packing the bulbs in \u2013 about 60 bulbs per pot to create a ‘bulb lasagne’. <\/p>