Narcissus, tulips, daffodils, Brodiea, hyacinths, Fritillaria, dwarf iris and other bulbs often do better in pots than in the ground because pots provide better drainage, critical for their long ...

Discover essential tips for planting reliable and stunning tulips, from meeting their chilling needs to keeping critters away. How and when to plant tulip bulbs can seem confusing to beginning ...

Any spring flowering bulbs we intend to grow in containers are also generally held in refrigeration until this time of the year, and it’s time to plant them as well.

Tulips in a container. Springs bulbs do best when planted at the correct depth and the shallower the planting depth, the earlier the bulb will tend to bloom.

Tulips do especially well in containers, where they tend to make a stunning display. * Plant tulip bulbs in the ground about 5 to 6 inches deep and 5 inches apart with the pointy end facing up.

It’s easy and fun to plant spring blooming bulbs in winter containers. Begin with a frost proof pot that is at least 9 in. deep. Place the bulbs on a 3 in. base of soil after mixing in the ...

You could plant some of the bulbs in pots for display indoors. Plant enough tulips bulbs in a container of potting soil to fill the pot without the bulbs touching.

Planting tulip bulbs in pots on the porch may keep them out of reach of the deer. -- Plant tulip bulbs where you'll be able to watch them come into bloom from the windows of your house.

Q: In February, I bought a beautiful group of tulips in a glass container that has little "pockets" for each bulb to grow in water indoors. They did fantastic. Now the leaves have yellowed and are ...

Planting tulip bulbs is an act of faith. We tuck them in the ground in the fall with hopes of watching them emerge and burst into joyful color in the spring. Sadly, our hopes are often dashed by ...

Tulip mania, a strange financial bubble in Holland in the 1630s, made a tulip bulb cost up to 10 times the yearly income of a skilled craftsman, according to reports. The flowers became a status sy… ...