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Is it ever going to stop raining?

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  • ren.bren.b Posts: 164
    What's with the lining spacing in this forum?  I leave one line space between each paragraph and then post - it doubles the line spacing .... :D
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Tulips need sun and really well draining soil, so if you can't give them that, it would be better to pot them up.
    Those terracotta pots would have been ideal  ;)
    The daffs will be fine there, but you'd need to be careful of the tree roots, especially as they need to be planted quite deep. The dwarf ones  would be easier as the bulbs are smaller. There seem to be a lot of roots showing in your photo. Are you adding more soil there?
    Alliums can be  hit and miss - they benefit from feeding as they die back too, like most bulbs. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Balgay.HillBalgay.Hill Posts: 1,089
    I had to get the hose out yesterday in sunny Dundee.  :D
    Sunny Dundee
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Stop boasting @Balgay.Hill  ;)
    It turned out quite pleasant here yesterday. Windy, and a bit of rain now and again, but we even got a tiny bit of watery sun in the afternoon. That passes for really good at this time of year  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    We planted 200 bulbs in a new raised bed hubby made, just the tulips to go in later.Glad you mentioned CamasiasFairy wanted to plant some in the wildflower area. We are clay,north facing back slightly sloping, normally with "heavy", rain,it will get a couple of inches of water at the bottom, we've not had that for when I checked cheeky phone had changed camasia to Canadian!!
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    edited October 2021
    They like soil that doesn't dry out -lovely plants, but the foliage is quite big and messy, so it helps to have something sizeable to hide that while it dies back. I've got things like Dicentras in front of mine, and J. anemones for later on. It depends on how bothered you'd be by that, and how much you'd see it, but mine are quite visible from various parts of the garden, so it helps to have a succession of planting.  :)
    The white semi plena one is really nice.

    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • ren.bren.b Posts: 164
    Fairygirl said:
    Tulips need sun and really well draining soil, so if you can't give them that, it would be better to pot them up.
    Those terracotta pots would have been ideal  ;)
    The daffs will be fine there, but you'd need to be careful of the tree roots, especially as they need to be planted quite deep. The dwarf ones  would be easier as the bulbs are smaller. There seem to be a lot of roots showing in your photo. Are you adding more soil there?
    Alliums can be  hit and miss - they benefit from feeding as they die back too, like most bulbs. 

    Thats not my photo, its just a screenshot from the website showing how to put the garden ring in -  it was halfway through the video as he was filling in the hole. I've got dwarf daffs. :)
  • ren.bren.b Posts: 164
    I had to get the hose out yesterday in sunny Dundee.  :D

    omg it's hammering it down here - again!!!
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    ren.b said:
    I had to get the hose out yesterday in sunny Dundee.  :D

    omg it's hammering it down here - again!!!
    Same here I'm sorry to say, and very windy with it. Not a good combination with trees still in leaf....
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Oh - that's a bit confusing with the photos then.  :)

    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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