04/13/2026
A mid-spring wander through the backyard containers.
So many gardens are coming to life right now, and while I’ve loved seeing all the beauty, my own little spring tour begins just steps from my back door with coffee in hand - just as wondrous, just as beautiful.
Because I use these containers to trial different plants and combinations, they’re a bit of a hodgepodge in the best possible way - a rainbow of colors, textures, pots, tulips, and daffodils, all helping me to see what works, what surprises me, and what I might do differently next time.
And the best part? It’s only April.
There’s still more to come before these plantings get changed out in May.
So if one of these combinations strikes a chord save this post or take a screenshot. It’s also the perfect time to start noting favorites and compiling your list for next fall.
Something else I love about spring containers is that they last so much longer than a bouquet on the counter, and are generous enough to snip a few flowers for indoors too.
If you’d like help creating bulbs this kind of spring show, my bulb course is in the Container Design School, linked in the bio.
Image notes:
1. The tour begins.
2. My Meyer lemon tree. And yes, it’s loaded.
3. Last fall’s course demo planter with Narcissus ‘Thalia’ blooming
4-5. One of my favorite combinations this this year. Narcissus ‘Frosty Snow’, Tulip ‘ Light and Dreamy’, and Viola Sorbet XP Raspberry
6-8. Narcissus ‘Geranium’, Narcissus ‘ JetFire’, Tulip praestans ‘Moonlight’, and Pansy ‘Frizzle Sizzle Orange’, Bracteantha ‘Granvia Gold & Crimson Sun’
9. Tucker on patrol. Narcissus ‘Golden Pearl’, Tulip ‘Mondial’, Pansy ‘Matrix Primrose’
10. Narcissus ‘Golden Pearl’
11-12. Tulip ‘Palmyra’ being her velvety luscious self.
13. Tulip ‘Red Riding Hood’, Muscari latifolium, and Narcissus ‘Thalia’ in bud with a Tucker cameo.
14-15 Poncirus trifoliata under planted with fragrant Narcissus ‘Pipit’
16. Tulip ‘Palmyra, Pansy ‘Delta Rose’ to close out the tour.
