Any sign of digging in your beds? I lose a lot of bulbs to squirrels, some to foxes, and some don't come back the next year ie alliums. Wet winters. Daffs, grape hyacinths and hyacynths are all reliable. This is my first tulip year we shall see plenty came up, lots were taken through the little bulb shaped holes left behind. The tulips that came up were tramped upon by some form of wildlife who realised they had missed digging them out so would knock the heads off unstead. Probably foxes. Summer bulbs never take of are taken. I may try pots next year but it is yes frustrating when I provide plenty other food for wildlife but they take the bulbs. Farmer Gracy has some beautiful bulbs but I'm sticking to those I see others nearby growing successfully as too have many losses.
Now that we are further on I have worked out what has or hasn't grown so can add to my previous list: Bed 1 - Allium Graceful Beauty (20 - about 10 came up, tiny though), Allium Red Mohican (6 - 0 came up), Allium Azureum (25 - 0 came up).
Bed 2 - Allium Purple Sensation (20 - 3 came up) Allium Giganteum (5) Allium Gladiator (5) - of these I have 6 in total, don't know which variety though Allium Mount Everest (5 - 1 came up) Urginia maritima (10- 0) See post below
I dug up one of the Urginia maritima to see what has happened. It looks like it did when I planted it - the same spade damage and pest holes, no rot, nothing has eaten it since. None of the Urginia came up, about half had spade damage like this but the intact ones haven't come up either.
If they get sliced by a spade, they won't grow. If they don't have suitable growing conditions, they won't grow. If they haven't produced any roots, then something's wrong with the site/soil/conditions. I don't think those are fully hardy, so if they've been out all winter, that's probably the reason they haven't grown at all. They'd need to have been started undercover and planted out when conditions are suitable.
I just looked at Peter Nyssen's site and those are described as half hardy.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
A friend has Urginia maritima growing around her garden in Cyprus. Certainly not suitable for planting outside inthe UK … not hardy through our winter weather.
They are dormant most of the year … the leaves are triggered into growth by the autumn rains and grow over the winter then die down and nothing happens until about August when the dry heat triggers a flower spike (no leaves just the flower spike) …. after the flower dies there’s nothing again until the rains trigger the leaves into growth again …
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Bed 1 -
Allium Graceful Beauty (20 - about 10 came up, tiny though),
Allium Red Mohican (6 - 0 came up),
Allium Azureum (25 - 0 came up).
Bed 2 -
Allium Purple Sensation (20 - 3 came up)
Allium Giganteum (5) Allium Gladiator (5) - of these I have 6 in total, don't know which variety though
Allium Mount Everest (5 - 1 came up)
Urginia maritima (10- 0) See post below
If they don't have suitable growing conditions, they won't grow. If they haven't produced any roots, then something's wrong with the site/soil/conditions.
I don't think those are fully hardy, so if they've been out all winter, that's probably the reason they haven't grown at all. They'd need to have been started undercover and planted out when conditions are suitable.
I just looked at Peter Nyssen's site and those are described as half hardy.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
They are dormant most of the year … the leaves are triggered into growth by the autumn rains and grow over the winter then die down and nothing happens until about August when the dry heat triggers a flower spike (no leaves just the flower spike) …. after the flower dies there’s nothing again until the rains trigger the leaves into growth again …
https://janemming.com/2018/11/28/urginea-maritima-a-dramatic-bulbous-plant-choice-even-for-deserts/
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.