While we might all aspire to create prolific planters full of flowering bulbs in the springtime, choosing the wrong bulb species for your container displays can cause more harm than good.
When selecting bulbs for pots, it's important to consider which species to avoid, whether for their size or ability to spread. For example, planting bulbs that will grow to four or five feet tall can easily result in small pots becoming top-heavy. In addition, growing vigorous, spreading or invasive bulbs that can escape from containers into the yard will have long-term consequences, with borders full of unwanted bulbs that are hard to eliminate.
