@Lizzie27 I guess it all depends on if you want the flowers now or you are prepared to wait. There is also a risk of loosing them over the next year but I am confident that they will be fine.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
@Colin-Jackson Just wondered which way you plan to do this. You are going to create a woodland garden with the area have the shade needed at this stage? When the trees are more mature what you plant wiil change alot when you will be dealing with alot more shade. For now the only shade will be provided by fence/wall is that right? You will need to plant your snowdrops soon so they don't dry out. Will you be digging them out again when you add the other woodlanders? Sorry if I have missed something here.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
@Colin-Jackson Just wondered which way you plan to do this. You are going to create a woodland garden with the area have the shade needed at this stage? When the trees are more mature what you plant wiil change alot when you will be dealing with alot more shade. For now the only shade will be provided by fence/wall is that right? You will need to plant your snowdrops soon so they don't dry out. Will you be digging them out again when you add the other woodlanders? Sorry if I have missed something here.
@GardenerSuze My garden is fairly shady already as it is to the North of the house. So in Winter it only gets 1-2 hours of sunlight. My hope is that there should be sufficient shade in the short term for the snowdrops and foxgloves. I will add in ferns as the trees start to provide more cover. For the first few years I will keep it heavily mulched to ensure the soil stays fairly damp and to keep the weeds down.
Mine just arrived too from Eurobulbs - they look good. I will be planting my Nivalis elwesii in aquatic baskets in the soil, to try and avoid digging them up or planting over them.
It takes a surprisingly long time to plant 500 snowdrops. I started out being so careful to make sure they were at the correct depth. After about 100 I just started chucking them in as life is too short. They have had a good soak, will water them in summer if it gets too dry.
If even 100 survive and bloom next year I will be very happy. Hopefully the squirrels will not be able to eat them all.
So roughly 150 clumps of snowdrops and 4 variegated ivy. Not a bad morning's work.
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500 bulbs in the green for £52.50 sounds like good value to me
Not sure when they actaually ship them out
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You will need to plant your snowdrops soon so they don't dry out. Will you be digging them out again when you add the other woodlanders? Sorry if I have missed something here.
If even 100 survive and bloom next year I will be very happy.
Hopefully the squirrels will not be able to eat them all.
So roughly 150 clumps of snowdrops and 4 variegated ivy.
Not a bad morning's work.