Bulbs: Overwintering bulbs in pots?, 1 by LeawoodGardener

LeawoodGardener wrote:
Hi SnowlineRose!

Every fall I plant bulbs in several plastic pots (various sizes, depending upon how I'm going to use them in the Spring). Over the years I've done narcissus, daffodils, muscari and tulips (all one variety or a 'Spring Garden' mix) and I've had great luck.

I use a moisture control planting mix and put the bulbs a couple inches below the edge of the pot, then fill with soil. I bury the pots in a hole lined with mulch so the pot is just below the the ground level (so the rim of the pot is just below the surface) and top off with a couple inches of mulch. The urn in this photo contains one large plastic pot (the big shallow type) planted with a dozen tulips. This is what they look like in mid-March, when I pull them up out of the ground and put them in the urn. I add a little mulch so the pot does not show in the urn.

The pot you use needs to have drain holes in the bottom. I line the hole in the ground with mulch so water will drain away from the pot and so any roots that grow through the drainage holes are not pulled off when I lift the pot in the Spring.