{"id":32911,"date":"2024-03-07T14:39:11","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T13:39:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/24fc2cb5-ee40-4c2b-9946-66a7cc81fa6d"},"modified":"2024-03-07T15:34:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-07T14:34:52","slug":"spring-beauty-in-a-pot-a-stunning-plant-pot-design-you-can-plant-up-at-home-from-designer-jo-thompson","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/rss_feed\/spring-beauty-in-a-pot-a-stunning-plant-pot-design-you-can-plant-up-at-home-from-designer-jo-thompson\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring beauty in a pot: a stunning plant pot design you can plant up at home from designer Jo Thompson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\">Award-winning designer Jo Thompson&#8217;s container-planting series continues with this early spring flower combination using Narcissus and Scilla. Words Jo Thompson, photographs Jason Ingram <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Jo Thompson\n      <\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Thursday, 07 March 2024 at 13:39 PM<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>The breathtaking beauty in the tiniest of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/plants\/bulbs\/spring-bulbs-pollinators-wildlife-ham-house\">spring bulbs<\/a> never fails to enchant. Here, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/plants\/spring\/narcissi-miniature-how-to-plant\">Narcissus<\/a><\/em> \u2018Minnow\u2019 and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/plants\/bulbs\/narcissi-how-to-plant\">Narcissus<\/a><\/em> \u2018Elka\u2019 sprinkle palest yellow cheer across a shallow bronze bowl, creating the perfect, classic, spring colour combination with the blues of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/gardens\/scilla-how-to-care-for-plant-and-the-best-garden-scilla\">Scilla<\/a> luciliae <\/em>and <em>Scilla<\/em> <em>siberica<\/em>. This planting is designed to be placed on a table or raised wall so that these small spring jewels can be admired in all their beauty in this little mini-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/garden-design\/expert-tips-for-designing-a-meadow\">meadow<\/a>.<\/p><p><strong>Jump to <\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"#link-a\">Container and composition<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#link-b\">Cultivation and care<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#link-c\">Plants<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>How to achieve the look<\/strong><\/p><p id=\"link-a\"><strong>Container and composition<\/strong><\/p><p>Small spring bulbs are so beautiful, but their diminutive size means they can be easily overlooked in the garden, so it\u2019s a really good idea to place them in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/plants\/pot-plants\/container-flower-display-best\">containers<\/a>, which can be positioned at a higher level. This bronze \u2019charger\u2019 is a wide, shallow dish that looks smart placed anywhere that\u2019s raised, for example in the middle of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/garden-equipment\/outdoor-living\/best-folding-tables\">garden table<\/a>, and its simple lines allow these miniature bulb beauties to take centre stage.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Jo Thompson&#8217;s early spring pot plant \u00a9 Jason Ingram<\/figcaption><\/figure><p><strong>You may also like<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/plants\/pot-plants\/spring-plant-pot-hellebores\">An early spring pot with hellebores<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/gardens\/country\/cornish-edible-forest-garden\">The best spring flowers to plant<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/gardens\/country\/spring-bulbs-jane-rod-leeds\">A bulb-rich garden for spring<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/plants\/spring\/narcissi-miniature-how-to-plant\">How to grow and plant miniature narcissi<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>I set out to create the feeling of a tiny spring meadow full of these softly coloured gems of flowers: the clear and bright blues of the different scillas really are excellent partners, harmonising with the gentlest of lemony-creamy yellows and challenging anyone who says they don\u2019t like yellow to think again. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/plants\/spring\/narcissi-miniature-how-to-plant\">dwarf narcissi bulbs<\/a> are mixed up together and placed around 2cm apart. With simplicity very much in mind, the scillas are then planted at larger intervals at the edges of the dish. I planted these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/plants\/bulbs\/when-to-plant-bulbs\">bulbs in autumn<\/a>, in compost produced on site at Water Lane Walled Garden, the wonderful new garden I am helping to design in Kent. I topped it off with a layer of horticultural grit.<\/p><p id=\"link-b\"><strong>Cultivation and care<\/strong><\/p><p>Water the container freely as the leaves emerge, and later on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/garden-advice\/how-to\/deadheading\">deadhead<\/a> the flowers as they go over in order to ensure next year\u2019s display. This is a container that looks as good empty as it does planted,<br\/>so you can leave it for the rest of the year as a feature in itself.<\/p><p><strong>Plants<\/strong><\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/c02.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/40\/2024\/03\/JI_200323_POSJoThompson_127_preview-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Bulbs used in Jo Thompson's early spring pot plant\" class=\"wp-image-167962\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bulbs used in Jo Thompson&#8217;s early spring pot plant \u00a9 Jason Ingram<\/figcaption><\/figure><p id=\"link-c\"\/><p><strong><em>Narcissus<\/em> \u2018Elka\u2019<\/strong><\/p><p>A dwarf daffodil with creamy-white petals and the palest of lemon trumpets, which fade to cream. March \u2013 April. Height and spread: 15-20cm x 10cm. AGM. RHS H6.<\/p><p><strong><em>Scilla luciliae<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>A bulbous perennial with starry, white-centred, bright-blue flowers. February \u2013 April. 15cm x 15cm. AGM. RHS H6. USDA 3a-8b.<\/p><p><strong><em>Scilla siberica<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>A bulbous perennial with purple stems and bright-blue, bowl-shaped flowers. March \u2013 April. 10cm x 5cm. AGM. RHS H6. USDA 2a-8b.<\/p><p><strong><em>Narcissus<\/em> \u2018Minnow\u2019 <\/strong><\/p><p>A dwarf daffodil with dainty cream and yellow flowers. March \u2013 April. 15cm x 20cm. AGM. RHS H6.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Award-winning designer Jo Thompson&#8217;s container-planting series continues with this early spring flower combination using Narcissus and Scilla. 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