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Tuberosa

MooresthemerrierMooresthemerrier Posts: 23
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Where is the best place to buy Tuberosa bulbs/tubers from? All the on line suppliers Ive looked at have different prices. I want good quality but a fair price...and Id like a few colours not just white.

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  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    I’m just looking for some as well. Here’s Farmer Gracy’s offer: https://www.farmergracy.co.uk/collections/spring-planting-bulbs/polianthes-bulbs-uk

  • MooresthemerrierMooresthemerrier Posts: 23
    Thanks, these look good. I like the different colours. Have you grown them before? 
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    I have tried the white ones. Two years running, the bulbs live but do not flower.
  • MooresthemerrierMooresthemerrier Posts: 23
    Hmm I thought they were quite easy to grow? Do you think its the soil?
  • MooresthemerrierMooresthemerrier Posts: 23
    Maybe I should try something else?? I am such a novice and tend to kill most things off!!

  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Kerrie, I don’t think it’s a good idea to use your email address for a user name, would it be better if you deleted the email address and just used Kerrie.? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • MooresthemerrierMooresthemerrier Posts: 23
    Hi Lyn.. I wasn’t sure if it was showing everyone else, tried to change it on settings earlier. Will have another go now, thanks for the heads up 😊
  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    I haven’t grown them, no. But I’m really tempted by scented plants this year.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    The only time I have had them flower was when grown in a pot on my south-facing bay window cill in a centrally heated room.  They lived for several years after that when repotted and moved to a west-facing unheated conservatory but never bloomed again.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • MooresthemerrierMooresthemerrier Posts: 23
    Ooh shame Bob :-(
    Were they really fragrant? Id not heard of them until I came across a perfume in Jo Malone, 'Tuberosa Angelica', its stunning. Could'nt afford the perfume so thought Id grow the flowers instead. Well maybe I will buy just a few to give them a try. Sounds like they need a good sunny spot!
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