I've got mixed purple tulips as well but first I need to get a box ball stump out of the pot it's in before I can plant them. Trouble is, the box has rooted right thro the pot into the ground - so it isn't going to be easy, especially as it's ten years old. I don't want to break the pot if I can help it, it's a good quality terracotta, frost proof, one of a pair.
You could saw the roots off on the outside @Lizzie27. That will make it easier to get them out. A saw round the inside edge can make it easier to get the rootball out too.
We're having a few benign days after all the wind and rain @Dovefromabove. It's good to share... I'm glad I wasn't driving up to Glenshee the other day, through Bridge of Cally, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59134844 I sometimes wonder about people who can't seem to judge the depth of water. It was up to the top of the wall but someone still tried to drive through it. Idiots. They're lucky they didn't disappear along with the wall.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The clocks changing is catching up with me now. I didn't notice for the first few days but now I keep randomly falling asleep. I was making dens with the kids earlier and must have dropped off for a second while laying on the floor, only to be rudely awakened by a small child landing heavily somewhere delicate
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Some petty small minded eejit with nothing better to do with their time? Why "rich" 75 year olds think they should get it free is beyond me when poor 74 years olds and younger have to pay it.
I've been trying to reduce my plastic use in recent weeks, i.e. as things run out in the house I've made a conscious choice to seek out plastic free alternatives wherever possible. Swapped my hair conditioner for one I found online, twice what I'd normally pay but comes in a big bottle made from bio-plastic, not ideal but saves 4 bottles of my normal brand in traditional oil-based plastic. It arrived today in a big box packed out with bubble wrap! They have the nerve to give their eco-credentials as a selling point and then create unnecessary plastic waste 😡😡
You can use the bubble wrap around pots to protect roots in winter frosts or to line the sides of a cold frame as insulation but I agree, it's two-faced and ill-considered.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
We're having a few benign days after all the wind and rain @Dovefromabove. It's good to share...
I'm glad I wasn't driving up to Glenshee the other day, through Bridge of Cally,
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-59134844
I sometimes wonder about people who can't seem to judge the depth of water. It was up to the top of the wall but someone still tried to drive through it. Idiots. They're lucky they didn't disappear along with the wall.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59154221
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Why "rich" 75 year olds think they should get it free is beyond me when poor 74 years olds and younger have to pay it.