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Troy is planting in October<\/a>, but he would plant certain bulbs in September<\/a>. Here’s our guide on when to plant bulbs. <\/p>
<\/div><\/figure><p\/><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to plant bulbs: Troy’s top tips<\/h2><ul><li>It’s perfect if the ground is warm and moist.<\/li><\/ul><p\/><ul><li>Using a bulb planter makes it so much easier to plant bulbs, but you can use a trowel or spade. <\/li><\/ul><ul><li>The depth of planting should be around two and a half times the height of the bulb you are planting.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Troy layers bulbs in the open ground as well as in pots. <\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Pop a bed of grit in the bottom of your hole.<\/li><\/ul><figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Narcissus poeticus var. recurvus \u00a9 Jason Ingram<\/figcaption><\/figure><ul><li>Put soil on top of each of the bulbs as you layer them. <\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Don\u2019t worry too much about spacing. Catalogues will tell you to plant 10cm apart but I prefer a more natural look, scattering them and planting them where they fall. Tulips are strong and can grow through other plants without harming them.<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Don\u2019t braid or remove the leaves or stems of tulips if you want them to naturalise.<\/li><\/ul><p>Here’s more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gardensillustrated.com\/plants\/how-to-use-bulbs-in-perennial-borders\">planting bulbs in perennial borders<\/a><\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch head gardener Troy Scott Smith explain how to plant bulbs in lawns <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":40062,"template":"","categories":[1,17,51],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/09\/watch-how-to-plant-bulbs-with-tips-from-sissinghursts-expert-head-gardener.png",2780,1614,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/09\/watch-how-to-plant-bulbs-with-tips-from-sissinghursts-expert-head-gardener-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/09\/watch-how-to-plant-bulbs-with-tips-from-sissinghursts-expert-head-gardener-300x174.png",300,174,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/09\/watch-how-to-plant-bulbs-with-tips-from-sissinghursts-expert-head-gardener-768x446.png",768,446,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/09\/watch-how-to-plant-bulbs-with-tips-from-sissinghursts-expert-head-gardener-1024x595.png",800,465,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/09\/watch-how-to-plant-bulbs-with-tips-from-sissinghursts-expert-head-gardener-1536x892.png",1536,892,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/48\/2024\/09\/watch-how-to-plant-bulbs-with-tips-from-sissinghursts-expert-head-gardener-2048x1189.png",2048,1189,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Watch head gardener Troy Scott Smith explain how to plant bulbs in lawns","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/40061"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/gardensillustrated\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}