Best bulbs for containers
Bulbs are ideal for container planting and easy to look after.^ It's great fun to pick and choose your favourites. Plant them in autumn and look forward to a cheerful display that can last late winter through the whole of spring. There's colours to suit every taste and some are scented. ; Top tip: Use a pot with drainage holes and to maximise flowering, plant multiple layers of bulbs in the pot (known as 'lasagne planting').
Plants (423)
Crocus tournefortii
Tournefort's crocus
Crocus vernus
Dutch crocus
Crocus vernus
Dutch crocus
Crocus x luteus 'Golden Yellow'
Yellow Dutch crocus
Galanthus 'Atkinsii'
Snowdrop
Galanthus 'Bertram Anderson'
Snowdrop
Galanthus 'Brenda Troyle'
Snowdrop
Galanthus 'Desdemona'
Snowdrop
Galanthus 'Jacquenetta'
Snowdrop
Galanthus 'Ketton'
Snowdrop
Galanthus 'Magnet'
Snowdrop
Galanthus 'Neill Fraser'
Snowdrop
Galanthus 'S. Arnott'
Common snowdrop, Foolish maids, Fair maids of February
Galanthus 'Straffan'
Snowdrop
Galanthus elwesii
Giant snowdrop
Galanthus elwesii
Giant snowdrop
Galanthus elwesii 'Comet'
Giant snowdrop
Galanthus elwesii 'Daphne's Scissors'
Giant snowdrop
Galanthus elwesii 'Mount Everest'
Giant snowdrop
Galanthus elwesii var. monostictus
Giant snowdrop
Galanthus gracilis
Graceful snowdrop
Galanthus krasnovii
Snowdrop
Galanthus nivalis
Common snowdrop, Foolish maids, Fair maids of February
Galanthus nivalis 'Viridapice'
Common snowdrop, Foolish maids, Fair maids of February
Galanthus nivalis f. pleniflorus 'Blewbery Tart'
Common snowdrop, Foolish maids, Fair maids of February
Galanthus nivalis f. pleniforus 'Flore Pleno'
Common snowdrop, Foolish maids, Fair maids of February
Galanthus plicatus
Crimean snowdrop
Galanthus plicatus
Crimean snowdrop
Galanthus plicatus 'Wendy's Gold'
Crimean snowdrop
Galanthus plicatus subsp. byzantinus
Crimean snowdrop
Galanthus woronowii
Woronow's snowdrop
Hyacinthus orientalis 'Carnegie'
Common hyacinth, Dutch hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis 'City of Haarlem'
Common hyacinth, Dutch hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis 'Delft Blue'
Common hyacinth, Dutch hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis 'Fondant'
Garden hyacinth, Common hyacinth, Dutch hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis 'Gipsy Queen'
Garden hyacinth, Common hyacinth, Dutch hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis 'Gypsy Princess'
Garden hyacinth, Common hyacinth, Dutch hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis 'Hollyhock'
Common hyacinth, Dutch hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis 'Jan Bos'
Common hyacinth, Dutch hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis 'Pink Elephant'
Garden hyacinth, Common hyacinth, Dutch hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis 'Pink Pearl'
Common hyacinth, Dutch hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis 'Royal Navy'
Garden hyacinth, Common hyacinth, Dutch hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis 'White Pearl'
Common hyacinth, Dutch hyacinth
Hyacinthus orientalis 'Woodstock'
Common hyacinth, Dutch hyacinth
Narcissus
Daffodil
Narcissus 'Actaea'
Pheasant eye narcissus
Narcissus 'Angel's Whisper'
Scented miniature daffodil
Narcissus 'Anniversary Gift'
Large cupped daffodil