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    Last chance to plant Spring bulb containers

    Nov 10, 2020 3 minutes

    GOOD news: there’s still time to pot up containers of some spring- and summer-flowering bulbs – as long as you’re quick. It’s certainly too late for planting daffodils, but November is prime time for tulips; and plenty of other bulbs can be planted in containers now, including crocuses, alliums, nectaroscordum, lilies and hyacinths.

    The standard advice is to plant most bulbs in October, giving them time to settle in before the ground becomes frozen and waterlogged. But because pots can be kept in the relative warmth of a greenhouse or shed, you get a little more leeway.

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