THESE CONTAINERS vary widely in shape and size and the types of plant that suit them. Large Tubs are ideal for shrubs as well as summer-flowering bedding plants and spring-flowering bulbs. Urns are smaller and hold bulbs less compost. They are usually more decorative in character and so are perhaps best devoted to summer-flowering plants and displays of bulbs in spring.
One of the most popular ways of growing bulbs—snowdrops, daffodils and crocuses, in particular—is to naturalize them in drifts so they spread at will. This is usually done in grass, but those bulbs preferring shady woodland conditions can be naturalized in soil under trees and shrubs. It is also possible to establish bulbs beneath a planting of ground cover like scrambling ivies.
5 Bulbs and roots
are widely grown. Onions (A] were an important crop in ancient Egypt. The shallot [B] forms new bulbs by the side of the old. The
7 Sweet peppers [A]
belong to the genus Capsicum, native of the American tropics. The seed pods of okra or gumbo [B] are picked ten weeks after planting.
THESE CONTAINERS vary widely in shape and size and the types of plant that suit them. Large