I move stuff when it suits me @Fire. Bulbs are generally no problem at all. It may delay flowering but it won't affect them otherwise, unless they're damaged in the process.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Snowdrops like damp woodlands. In SW Scotland we have a lot of rain and a lot of woodlands, we have a lot of snowdrops growing wild and every year it never ceases to amaze me how many there are. There is a garden not far from here that has millions of them in the damp woodland garden. A few hundred were planted in the green in a dry part of the garden and very few grew the next year. This might have very little bearing on your problem Fire but then again it might.
Yes - they prefer damp conditions @Fire. Not something we have to worry about here I always look forward to seeing them - February where I am. The crocuses are out before them. I'm not sure they're showing their snouts yet. I'll need to take a look when I go out for my walk.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I bought 100 snowdrop bulbs in the green, in Feb 21. The leaves looked healthy but there were no bulbs on the ends of the stems. I phoned the company which supplied them and was told that was what they should look like? I said I had planted them in clumps in a shady damp corner of the garden. Nothing has appeared yet. I was told to contact the company if they didn't grow, which is what I am going to do. So disappointing and frustrating as there are clumps of them growing and flowering, every year, under a hedge at the end of our lane. I have tried growing snowdrops in a couple of other places in the garden without success so am wondering if I should just accept defeat and give up trying.
When I have bought snowdrops in the green, there are always bulbs attached . That's where they store the nutrients ... The bulbs may not be that big. (Not my own pic)
Do you have a picture of them Joyce Goldenlily because the snowdrops in the green should look exactly like Fire's pic? Bulbils wouldn't have much of a bulb but I don't think any grower worth their salt would send those out.
Edited to say they probably wouldn't have flowers on.
I agree - there should be a clear bulb. Where did you get them @Joyce Goldenlily?
They appreciate a spot which gets natural leaf litter etc, which is why they grow best in deciduous woodland positions. They don't like dry woodland though, so failure can often be down to drier soil conditions - an evergreen area of woodland would be no use, for example.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
My snowdrops are appearing here and a few Russian ones are in bloom. Last year those particular ones started blooming early December. I've planted lots in different places in the garden over the last 14 years, most have survived, others have just disappeared. I tried for three years running to get them to take in our front hedge roadside verge and under birch trees to no avail. In the flower beds, no problem! I think they must be a law unto themselves. Keep trying @Fire
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Bulbs are generally no problem at all. It may delay flowering but it won't affect them otherwise, unless they're damaged in the process.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
There is a garden not far from here that has millions of them in the damp woodland garden. A few hundred were planted in the green in a dry part of the garden and very few grew the next year.
This might have very little bearing on your problem Fire but then again it might.
I always look forward to seeing them - February where I am. The crocuses are out before them.
I'm not sure they're showing their snouts yet. I'll need to take a look when I go out for my walk.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Edited to say they probably wouldn't have flowers on.
They appreciate a spot which gets natural leaf litter etc, which is why they grow best in deciduous woodland positions. They don't like dry woodland though, so failure can often be down to drier soil conditions - an evergreen area of woodland would be no use, for example.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Hopefully it is just the weird weather that has delayed them.