Snowdrops, chionodoxa, muscari, narcissus you don't need to lift, or do anything at all to. The will seed themselves and their bulbs will divide without any assistance.
I inherited some plain red and some yellow tulips which grow to 18" tall and come back every year (now for over 30 years), but I obviously have no idea what variety they are. This in clay soil, too. Maybe I should set about propagating and selling them! As others have said, apart from these all of the ones I buy only last 2 or 3 years at best.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I saw something on the tv last week saying for tulips to be perennials they need to be buried v v deep if planted shallow they are annuals...... A great mini daffodil that comes back again and again is rip van winkle it's beauty....
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Snowdrops, chionodoxa, muscari, narcissus you don't need to lift, or do anything at all to. The will seed themselves and their bulbs will divide without any assistance.
Chick Ooooooooooooo I like them and just bought some
chinodoxa 'glory of the snow'
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I inherited some plain red and some yellow tulips which grow to 18" tall and come back every year (now for over 30 years), but I obviously have no idea what variety they are. This in clay soil, too. Maybe I should set about propagating and selling them! As others have said, apart from these all of the ones I buy only last 2 or 3 years at best.
I saw something on the tv last week saying for tulips to be perennials they need to be buried v v deep if planted shallow they are annuals...... A great mini daffodil that comes back again and again is rip van winkle it's beauty....
oooh interesting!!!
I tend not to plant bulbs as they never grow or if they do, they don't flower
James
but i'm not giving up