Has anyone tried this? Planting Bulbs in Layers

[Snowwark]

I've never done this before, but it sounds interesting. I think I'd like to try this in a container, and see how it works.

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[gina2000]

I've tried this. I don't think it worked too well for me. I did hyacinths and grape hyacinths together. The first year they looked great but by the second year the grape hyacinths had begun to take over. By the third year, there wasn't a hyacinth to be found!

I suspect it might work better with a bulb other than grape hyacinths. I know they spread and multiply (a good thing!) but I didn't expect them to choke and kill off a significantly larger bulb.

I also did this with kaufmania tulips (one of the few tulips that DOES have longevity) and grape hyacinths. Same result.

 

[Tulirose]

I've read about this type of planting before and always thought this would be something great for me to do in the Fall. It is Fall now. I haven't done it and probably never will.

I am the world's biggest procrastinator.

 

[thatcats]

I have done layering in a large container though so that the bulbs and soil are less likely to freeze - I grew crocuses, daffodils and tulips. The following Autumn (Fall) - I dug them up and replanted them to make sure that I got a balanced looking display the following Spring.

I grow Grape Hyacinths in part of my lawn - they finish flowering at about the time the lawn needs it's first cut of the season.

 

[Snowwark]

Thatcats, it sounds like the layering idea worked well for you. We have some grape hyacinths, but not in our lawn, although that must look very pretty!

LOL Tulirose, there's always next year!