7 invasive bulbs you should never plant in your garden

There are invasive plants, and then there are invasive bulbs – the kind that creep up on us and our gardens.

Autumn is the ideal time to plant bulbs for spring, but that’s generally the popular flowering sort: daffodils, tulips and hyacinths, to name a few. Certain bulbs can actually do your garden more harm than good – they’ll multiply rapidly, overtaking garden and beds and borders.

To find out which invasive bulbs you should never plant, I spoke to the experts. Below, you’ll find a list of bulbs to avoid, and a few solid alternatives you can plant instead.