They don’t survive winter here, I plant them in a round bulb basket so you can just pick the whole lot out of the ground when they’re finished. They need to be planted deep or they will fall over.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Depends where you live. I'm in the SE UK,I have them in a cutting bed, raised, next to the veg plot. Although my garden is north facing, because of the size and the fact it's not overlooked gets sun first thing then afternoon in summer. I don't take them up.
I think I'll put them in a couple of containers and decide where to put them in the summer. What is the minimum depth of soil I can get away with below the corm?
I'd give them 6 inches or so below them, for the roots, if you can find suitable pots. Good gritty mix, and keep them on the dry side until they can safely go out.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
They might be fine with less, but if you were keeping them in those pots, it's better to have a bit more room than too little. If they're getting planted out, it would be less important
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We must have had a shared senior moment @B3 as I too bought a couple of bags of glads (50% off is my excuse) cos the colours appealed. Mine will go in the space at the end of my dahlia bed and will have to cope with whatever the weather throws at them from heatwaves and drought in th egrowing season to cold in winter.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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I'm sure they'll be fine if you're doing that @B3. The handy thing about pots is for that reason - you can always shift them around. I don't grow the 'usual' ones, just the little Acidantheras, but I often lose them. I'd need to keep them in the house, as they get too damp, and would then freeze, if they're just in the wee growhouse. They're pretty inexpensive though, so not a huge problem if I want to buy them again.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I like the acidanthera too @Fairygirl and grew them in pots in teh Belgian garden as I didn't think they'd like the soil, especially in winter. However they self sowed with gay abandon in other pots an dthe ground and some came with me as passengers in pots when we moved here.
Oddly, they don't flower much here but do grow very healthy spiky foliage and have invaded the small bed under onne of the two big wisterias. I'll be moving some around this spring to see if I can get them to flower.
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Good gritty mix, and keep them on the dry side until they can safely go out.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I don't grow the 'usual' ones, just the little Acidantheras, but I often lose them. I'd need to keep them in the house, as they get too damp, and would then freeze, if they're just in the wee growhouse.
They're pretty inexpensive though, so not a huge problem if I want to buy them again.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Oddly, they don't flower much here but do grow very healthy spiky foliage and have invaded the small bed under onne of the two big wisterias. I'll be moving some around this spring to see if I can get them to flower.