Thank you all for your comments and some beautiful pictures. I've still not had a single one come up
Has anyone planed crocus before that have came in the second year of planting? Or am I holding out for false hope haha!
I was just wondering if you had bought a batch of non flowering sized bulbs. Some places do supply smaller ones, others are more honest and state their flowering size bulb or if they may take another year to reach that.
However considering the volume you bought I would have expected at least some to have survived the onslaught whoever the culprits were. And also some to be of flowering size this year.
But even undersized bulbs should have some leaves showing.
C. tommasinianus are all but over here now. The rain and wind have battered them. A sunny (although a bit cool) day today though, and C. "Ruby Giant" (which is neither ruby nor giant, but a lovely rich deep purple, paler inside) have opened.That dense clump could probably do with splitting, and this is only their 2nd year.
Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
@Fairygirl this is the first time since I was a child I've had crocus in my life. My mom was an avid gardener - she designed the gardens at my child hood home. I remember a spot in the garden where there was crocus & violets every year! She passed several yrs ago & I just felt like I needed to plant some things that make me smile & remind me of her. I have rules about what I plant at my ranch. It has to provide shade, smell good & be edible! It's not unusual for it to get well into the 100*F, so shade is INCREDIBLY important. Last yr we had some days in 112* - 115*F. Only 4 of my berry plants survived. I'm pretty excited to see what color the crocus are since I didn't label them this year! lol This weekend I'm planting some Oriental Lilies, some leftover Hyacinth bulbs, some Grape Hyacinth I found in pots today for $1.48, a bag of Bleeding Hearts & some Sweet Peas. Those will go into a huge Terra Cotta pot of my mom's. I have a trellis so I thought they'd look cool crawling up the trellis on the patio near the Pistachio tree.
That was nice of you to respond @stephlf361573 . I thought you were maybe 'across the pond' It's a lovely thing to do - carrying on your mum's tradition. Making you smile when you think of her is absolutely the right reaction you want. I had to check your temps - I was brought up with Fahrenheit, but when we switched to Celsius, I'm now more used to that! We don't get temps that high where I am, but the south of England has been experiencing that sort of level in recent years. All very worrying. I grow sweet peas, and have done so for decades, and even here - they do very well in shadier sites, and can dry out quite quickly in pots in sunnier sites - especially terracotta, and once they're in full foliage because rain doesn't get in so easily, so you might want to experiment with them a bit too. Clay containers that are glazed tend to hold moisture better, and if you can use a soil based mix, and add some rotted manure into the mix, that helps a lot. They like a rich, moist growing medium. Hope you have success with them all
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I never even thought about that at all. Thanks for your comment and taking the time to consider my daft situation! I've practically crawled over my hill today and YES! I found a couple of tiny shoots! Might it be that they don't flower this year, but perhaps will next? Argh I'm absolutely over the moon that at least a couple have survived!
You are welcome, we all learn, and if you don't know then you are not daft you have just learned something new .
We have several varieties and mostly I do not know or remember what they are. Like other posters here, they are various ones in flower now and some gone over already.
But we have one called Prins Claus and it is only just showing its leaves and flowers February to March.
Hope your hill will look fantastic in the following years.
Ruby Giant looking nice here too @JennyJ, and it's a good doer, although I still have plenty of the Tommasinianus as well. They only appeared around early Feb.
That was a good point that @Rubytoo made re the size @roisin_g68289. Fingers crossed that you get a few more surviving - and thriving
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Some places do supply smaller ones, others are more honest and state their flowering size bulb or if they may take another year to reach that.
However considering the volume you bought I would have expected at least some to have survived the onslaught whoever the culprits were.
And also some to be of flowering size this year.
But even undersized bulbs should have some leaves showing.
It's a lovely thing to do - carrying on your mum's tradition. Making you smile when you think of her is absolutely the right reaction you want.
I had to check your temps - I was brought up with Fahrenheit, but when we switched to Celsius, I'm now more used to that! We don't get temps that high where I am, but the south of England has been experiencing that sort of level in recent years. All very worrying.
I grow sweet peas, and have done so for decades, and even here - they do very well in shadier sites, and can dry out quite quickly in pots in sunnier sites - especially terracotta, and once they're in full foliage because rain doesn't get in so easily, so you might want to experiment with them a bit too. Clay containers that are glazed tend to hold moisture better, and if you can use a soil based mix, and add some rotted manure into the mix, that helps a lot. They like a rich, moist growing medium. Hope you have success with them all
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I never even thought about that at all. Thanks for your comment and taking the time to consider my daft situation! I've practically crawled over my hill today and YES! I found a couple of tiny shoots! Might it be that they don't flower this year, but perhaps will next? Argh I'm absolutely over the moon that at least a couple have survived!
We have several varieties and mostly I do not know or remember what they are.
Like other posters here, they are various ones in flower now and some gone over already.
But we have one called Prins Claus and it is only just showing its leaves and flowers February to March.
Hope your hill will look fantastic in the following years.
That was a good point that @Rubytoo made re the size @roisin_g68289. Fingers crossed that you get a few more surviving - and thriving
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...