Growing bulbs in pots. Hints, tips and advice?

I'm just about to move from a house to a flat with a balcony. I want to have a couple of pots on the balcony, one with a rose bush and lavenders in it and one with bulbs. I know I want Snake's Head Fritillaries, Gladioli and Snowdrops as they're favourites, but what do I have to do about rotating and storing the bulbs? Any other suggestions for seasonal colour (and/or flowers to cut and bring indoors)? I'm also considering herbs in pots - are these best on the balcony or on the kitchen window sill? I'm not particularily green fingered but I'm working on it! Any help appreciated, thanks in anticipation, :)Growing bulbs in pots. Hints, tips and advice?
Snowdrops do well in pots, it would seem that you will be limited for space so make each pot work hard to earn it's space.


Plants bulbs that will flower consecutively in one pot, eg. snowdrops then an early flowering daffodil then tulips. Plant the later flowering bulb the deepest.





Choose shorter varieties, they will look neater and produce less leaf so be easier to keep tidy.





Lillies do wonderfully well in pots and have a fantastic perfume, try Casa Blanca.


Alliums are happy in pots as well, try Allium schubertii,


You might have a problem with the frits, they should bloom the first year but will slowly fade away.





If you can afford the space leave the bulbs in the pots. Otherwise lift them once the leaves have died down and store in paper bags in a cool dark place. I never bother to keep tulips, they never flower as well the second year, just buy new.





Herbs need more space than you can give on a windowsill but Basil is OK indoors.Growing bulbs in pots. Hints, tips and advice?
It depends upon the needs of your herbs individually as to where you should put them. Look each one up and see where it should go. If you have a sunny windowsill, it should suffice; but some herbs are sensitive to too much sun. Most generally do well with southern or eastern exposure.





Bulbs often need a certain amount of chilling, but you can buy them precooled. It depends upon again, what you want to grow.





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