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)
Tulipa 'Shakespeare'
Tulip
Tulipa 'Showcase'
Peony flowered tulip
Tulipa 'Spring Green'
Tulip
Tulipa 'Strawberry Romanoff'
Lily-flowered tulip
Tulipa 'Stresa'
Tulip
Tulipa 'Super Parrot'
Large flowered tulip
Tulipa 'Synaeda Amor'
Tulip
Tulipa 'Texas Flame'
Parrot tulip
Tulipa 'The First'
Dwarf tulip
Tulipa 'Timeless'
Tulip
Tulipa 'Tinka'
Tulip
Tulipa 'Toronto'
Tulip
Tulipa 'Verandi'
Tulip
Tulipa 'West Point'
Tulip
Tulipa 'White Triumphator'
Tulip
Tulipa 'White Valley'
Tulip
Tulipa 'Wyndham'
Scented tulip
Tulipa 'Yokohama'
Tulip
Tulipa Albion Star = 'Mieke Telkamp'
Dwarf tulip
Tulipa biflora
Two flowered tulip
Tulipa clusiana var. chrysantha
Lady tulip
Tulipa dasystemon
Hairy stamened tulip
Tulipa humilis 'Persian Pearl'
Miniature fragrant tulip
Tulipa ingens
Enormous tulip
Tulipa kaufmanniana
Water lily tulip
Tulipa kolpakowskiana
Kolpakewsky's tulip
Tulipa linifolia 'Bright Gem'
Flax flowered tulip
Tulipa linifolia 'Honky Tonk'
Flax flowered tulip
Tulipa linifolia 'Red Hunter'
Tulip
Tulipa linifolia 'Salmon Gem'
Flax flowered tulip
Tulipa orphanidea 'Lizzy'
Miniature tulip
Tulipa praestans
Outstanding tulip
Tulipa praestans 'Fusilier'
Tulip
Tulipa saxatilis 'Lilac Wonder'
Candia tulip
Tulipa sprengeri
Sprenger's tulip
Tulipa sylvestris
Wild tulip
Tulipa tarda
Late tulip
Tulipa tschimganica
Tschimganica tulip
Tulipa turkestanica
Turkestan tulip
Tulipa urumiensis
Lake Urmia tulip
Crocus 'Flower Record'
Dutch crocus
Crocus 'Pickwick'
Dutch crocus
Crocus 'Prins Claus'
Golden crocus
Crocus 'Purpureus Grandiflorus'
Dutch crocus
Crocus 'Romance'
Golden crocus
Crocus 'Zephyr'
Pretty crocus
Crocus biflorus
Scotch crocus, Two-flowered Scotch crocus
Crocus goulimyi
Goulimyi crocus