Layer your bulbs

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Layering combinations

For the bottom layer you could use daffodils, narcissus, Dutch irises and tulips (remember to order your tulips directly from the bulb supplier, who will deliver them to you in May).

For the middle layer you can use freesias, hyacinths, dwarf daffodils, ranunculus and anemones.

For the top layer you can use grape hyacinths (Muscari) and snowflakes (Leucojum).

Planting time is April and May, but how can you maximise on spring-flowering bulb colour if you can’t afford to plant swathes of them, or if you only have a balcony garden?

The answer is by layering different types of bulbs in the same pot or pots, to get an explosive succession of blooms.