I want more tulips, for both back and front garden and for bulb display pots. Also some small daffs and crocuses to rejuvenate pots that are from previous year or two.
Blue camassias for my blue and purple border. And some chionodoxa or scilla.
That's a good buy @Bijdezee have found their seeds to be good too. Unfortunately I'm avoiding going to supermarkets in person as mask wearing is still not exactly universal and I'd rather limit exposure to morons whenever possible.
I've just come back from a B&M, they have their first bulbs in stock now. Refreshed the daffodils, crocus and alliums, very cheap and all seem decent quality. I already had a bunch of bulbs in the basket at Crocus, b&m were less than half the price. No tulips yet. Of course the down side is it's pot luck what they have in stock.
If only the UK was quite so organised @Bijdezee the face covering situation in London is getting worse by the week. Unfortunately all the mixed messages from the government has led many to think the worst of the crisis is behind us.
My neighbour had some album summer drummers last year, caused some comment among passers by while they were growing as they looked very strange and about 6' tall. then they slowly opened into a purple tennis ball.
They were very popular we had loads of queries on the forum about those alliums last year and this year, because people didn't know what they were.
One bulb I won't be recommending is a 'thing' called Bellevalia romana. Hideous, and the buds never opened up enough to look anything like the photos. They were like a weird broccoli. Either that or the bulbs were completely wrong to start with.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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I went for the tulip bulbs which might naturalise in the garden.
Those small purply/rosy ones are lovely
'Exposure to morons.' Quite.
Hard enough to avoid them even without a pandemic....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
One bulb I won't be recommending is a 'thing' called Bellevalia romana. Hideous, and the buds never opened up enough to look anything like the photos. They were like a weird broccoli.
Either that or the bulbs were completely wrong to start with.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...