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NO IDEA WHAT IM DOING..

CompleteNewbieCompleteNewbie Posts: 4
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hello everyone 👋
My username and the title of my post is a dead give away and I'm hoping need no explanation.. 

I have a large South facing garden and eould love some advice...i want a container garden as Its a rented property (therefore I can take it with me if/when we move) I also have dogs so cannot do borders. 

I have some daffodils tulip and iris bulbs to plant tomorrow (it says between August and December) 

And i currently have some dahlia, gladioli, petunia and dianthus out.. what else can I plant sow as when ready for spring   

Thanks in advance 
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  • Loraine3Loraine3 Posts: 579
    Leave the tulips until December, they can get a disease called Tulip Fire if planted too early. 
  • CompleteNewbieCompleteNewbie Posts: 4
    Thanks @Loraine3
  • CompleteNewbieCompleteNewbie Posts: 4
    do you know anything about more than one bulb in the same container I want new flowers to bloom as the other is dying off so I have have a constant stream is that possible 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Good morning @ceriaj87KXEh4Czp and welcome to the forum 😊 

    The planting method you’re referring to is often called ‘lasagne planting’. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Hi @ceriaj87KXEh4Czp - you cab certainly plant more than one type of bulb in a container, but it's better to make sure they all  like the same conditions, and to make sure the container is big enough so that you can get enough bulbs in it. They often look very sparse otherwise.
    Biggest bulbs would go in first, as they get planted deeper, and finish with smallest one as they're planted nearer the top. You generally plant bulbs at around three times their depth.
    It's not something I normally do. I think it's more effective to have several pots all with a single type in them. You can them remove, replace and swap around as they start and finish.  :)
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  • strelitzia32strelitzia32 Posts: 758
    Interestingly I disagree with @Fairygirl , I lasagne plant 5 or 10 large pots to get color from January to May. I mix daffodils, tulips, muscari, iris and crocus (yes into one pot, I did say they are large!). The pots aren't packed with flowers but the effect is pretty and it gives me fresh green growth right through the dark winter days all the way into spring, as well as some flower color. I've probably got some photos somewhere if you're interested, but ppersonally I like the effect.

    Plus I'm lazy, and it saves me swapping pots around!

  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    The problem is when you're faced with the fading flowers and leaves of one plant which then ruins the look of the display that comes afterwards. You want a succession from things that are small and early, like Iris reticulata, going on to slightly larger dwarf narcissi, finishing with the largest things, like Tulips and Alliums, flowering last. Then you want perennials and bedding that will come up and cover the messy dying bulb foliage, something like Geranium Rozanne would do that. I tend to err towards dwarf bulbs because I hate the messy dying tulips and daffodils. Miniature varieties are less objectionable. Growing bulbs with some evergreen grasses or ferns helps too. Anemone blanda can always be slotted in as it will fill the gaps between the other bulbs.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • CompleteNewbieCompleteNewbie Posts: 4
    Thanks everyone!

    s@strelitzia32 
    Would love to see some photos x
  • PurpleRosePurpleRose Posts: 538
    Hi and welcome to the forum.

    I dont lasagne pots. I like all the same in one pot, although one pot I had tete a tete daffodils and snowdrops around the outside which was pretty.

  • sfronemansfroneman Posts: 10
    Is end of September/early October still too early to plant tulip bulbs? Also, I am in the South-East of England and was wondering if others in this area dig up tulip and daffodils from north-facing borders every year? 
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