I'm buying like crazy all of these flower bulbs from all the garden sales that were -30% couple weeks ago and today they were -50%. Spend 100€ just for spring flower bulbs! For me that is a lot at least.
While I was going crazy with the sales in Plantagen, I saw this polyprophene/styrox pot that is freeze resistant and they have this huge flyer that shows how to place different species of flower bulbs in this one pot, starting with flowers that flowers earliest of the year and place on the bottom the last sprouting ones.I know that it's in Finnish but it says that your pot should be at least 40 cm high and freeze proofed.
Place small rocks for the bottom to make drainage working.
Use flower bulb species and colors that you like. Place bulbs layered, starting at bottom from last sprouting ones to the ones that sprout earliest, like I explained already above.
You can plant on the top also plants of the season. Just remember to remove them before spring.
Here are some of the flower bulbs I planted on half way. I used mixture of garden soil and peat with nutrients in it.I know that those look just like popcorn!
On this picture is some of the flowers that I planted on the pot. I just chose on the shop flowers that looked nice and had some sort of variety between them, but I just love purple, so that is the winning color theme here...I placed on the bottom 2 lilies, then five and five two different kind of tulips, then this flower that I have no idea what it is but looks cool in the photo (kinda like snow bells), it is fritillaria meleagris and I plant 20 of them and you can see them planted on the picture above. After those I planted hyacinths (1/3 was rot) and for last (meaning for first bloomers at spring) those about 20 crocus.
I will go ask if I get new package of hyacinths to replace that rot bulb. While I'm going there my mum asked to buy for her that same setup and some different flowers. She will use my left over bulbs too, because some of those packs where big with even one having 45 bulbs in it.
I will check too if they have some even earlier blooming flowers there to place on the bottom, because I left there over 10 cm of space to spare. And I'm addicted.
I'm not gonna even go to explain what I planted on all around my yard. Or maybe I will tell you anyway after all. I placed probably almost one hundred bulbs in eight different spots and hope that moles don't eat all of them.
I so can't wait for the next spring! For other reasons than flowers too, like longer days and warmth as for beginning.
If you have tried this or have any questions, please feel free to comment below!
