I made a bulb lasagne in a pot and it's the easiest way to get a show of stunning spring flowers for months

Wooden table with one small and one large terracotta pot half filled with compost with a mix of spring bulbs in the pots and on the table, along with a metal trowel and spilt soil.

There are few things more hopeful than planting bulbs in autumn. You tuck them into the soil, forget about them for months, and then, voila! But could a bulb lasagne in a pot help to up the ante?

All over Instagram and TikTok, this spring bulbs hack might sound like a carb-heavy dinner (and a particularly delicious one at that). In gardening terms, though, a bulb lasagne is simply layering bulbs in one deep container.