Went to Webbs yesterday. The do a deal on real Christmas Trees. Buy one in December for £39.99 and get a £35.00 voucher to spend in Jan/Feb my Bestie always does it, I have a fake tree. Came away with some half price Christmas baubles. Had an amazing sugared waffle with ice cream, banana and salted caramel sauce. Enjoyed it, especially when I noticed it had been wrongly priced on the menu, so got that for half price too.
I'd like to get some more Anna's Red and maybe some more holly-leaved hellebores. So hard to resist. I'm talking with my new NDN about planting up our shared boundary thick with hellebores. It would look very pretty. And good for the bees. But GCs near me don't sell as wide variety, so I would get them online.
I found some potted bulbs in my local dobbies over the weekend. I'd planted snowdrop bulbs in November, not knowing that they usually fail. Dobbies had some potted ones with little shoots for sale, so bought those and planted them under my baby apple tree. I'm guessing most people on here won't really need to buy potted snowdrops though!
@puschkinia Snowdrops planted "in the green" often take much better than plain bulbs. That means that you buy whole plants, with bulbs attached, once the flowering has gone over. If planted in March/April, the plants will then die back and flower for you to following winter.
@Fire Yeah, I learnt that dry bulbs often don't take too late, whoops. I bought those little shoots hoping that they also counted as "in the green" - I was too impatient to wait for next year! Do you think that they'll fail too, or did I misunderstand what you meant?
My understanding is that snowdrops 'in the green' are grown plants where the flowers have gone over. They have a developed root system. They are usually available in about April - after the season has finished. They will flower for you the following year.
You can buy pots of budding snowdrops, as with other bulbs. These will be ok in a pot for a few months. You can then plant them out in the garden for flowering next year. It's more expensive this way, but if you'd really like some flower this year, it might be one methos.
Once you plant them out, it's good to make sure the plants are damp until all the foliage has died back. During a very dry spring, I have lost snowdrops planted in the green because things got too dry.
Our local Dobbies is the nearest thing to a department store that we have since Debenhams closed. Far more not garden related stuff in the building than garden related, but the cafe is decent. With the Dobbies Club Plus card you get 2 free drinks per month which covers the cost of the card in the first 3 drinks.
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I found some potted bulbs in my local dobbies over the weekend. I'd planted snowdrop bulbs in November, not knowing that they usually fail. Dobbies had some potted ones with little shoots for sale, so bought those and planted them under my baby apple tree. I'm guessing most people on here won't really need to buy potted snowdrops though!
'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.
George Bernard Shaw'
They are only cheap if you can remember where you put them when December comes round.