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Gladi and dahlia fail

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    And bees love them too.  Great plants for late summer.   I had them in pots in Belgium so I could take them under cover for winter but here they stay out all year.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I used to use those bulb baskets for glads,  can lift the whole thing and store for winter.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    The pond baskets are good for that too @Lyn. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    They are @Fairygirl. But much more expensive.   I’m a tight a*se so cheapest will do me. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I don't even use them for the pond @Lyn. I cut holes and slits in ordinary pots!  :D
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I don’t use them for the pond either, water lilies just get chucked in.
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • starlingmorningstarlingmorning Posts: 7
    I put them in my flower bed in late March last year. Then we had a May filled with frosts. They started popping up in July and finally flowered at the end of August. Apart from a single freesia, they were the only survivors from a big mixed pack of Wilko bulbs. I left them in over winter as I wanted to try something new but they’ve survived (an usually mild) winter here in Bedfordshire and are growing again.
  • HeartinthedirtHeartinthedirt Posts: 300
    I have a Gladi! Came home from work, doing my usual tour of the acres (😁) and there's a little spear in one of the spots I'd planted them. So happy 😊 
    It's knowing what to do with things that counts - Robert Frost
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