reminds me of a bag of compost in my reenhouse one year which seemed to be full of crocus bulbs - as fast as I| removed them more appeared. I decided it was a zealous mmouse or squirrel lifting them from somewhere and storing them for the winter....
I bought an AdeC in flower yesterday - first time of trying these. It will go in a pot as I don't have ground soil in my little yard.
on the other hand the comment "Anemone de Caen are super easy to plant." Is totally meaningless - you could 'plant' anything you liked - doesn't mean you can get it to grow! Now what did I do with all those £20 notes????
My Anemone de Caen have been with me for a few years and always seem to do well. They've been flowering all winter, and are now pretty much flowered out. I want to move them to another part of the garden, and my question is ...when's the best time? Can I do it now or should I leave them until the foliage disappears? I live in South Norfolk.
Hi Veronica, with the vast majority of bulbs and corms, it's best to wait until the foliage has died back - once it goes yellow, it is no longer feeding the bulb. Having said that, if you can remove a whole clump, soil and all, they usually do just fine even when they have leaves, as long as you water them well in their new home.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
I live in the Scottish Borders very close to the North Sea. We had no frost at all last year and last year's annuals in pots are still with me. I bought the Gardeners World special free bulb offer and it has just arrived. I came to look on here for when to plant my Anemone de Caen corms, but I am not sure I have an answer. It will be a sheltered site which gets a lot of sun, I plan to put my dutch iris and Muscari armiacum in there too, and put the chionodoxa in a border for company where I found one feeble example cowering last year. So big question.. CAN I PLANT THEM ALL NOW? or is there special times for each?
Thank you so much for getting back to me quickly. I am not good at waiting for things so didn't like the idea of leaving the anemones til next year. I have got a new greenhouse this year, the old plastic holey one was not frostproof but this one should be. Once I have soaked my corms and potted them up I will put the pots in there and await results with anticipation.
I have received 300 bulbs in the post only the other day. Tete A Tete, Allium Moly, Dwarf Irises, Tulips, Anemone De Caen to name a few.\
In the instructions it said I should plant all bulbs as soon as possible after receiving and that the Anemone De Caen should be soaked for just a few hours plus planted in full sun. It then went on to say that 'Anemones have a remarkable knack for knowing which way is up, so just plant and let them get on with it'. This is exactly what I shall do. I have one motto for the plants in my garden....'You grow or you go'. Life is too short when there are hundreds of other plants out there equally pretty.
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reminds me of a bag of compost in my reenhouse one year which seemed to be full of crocus bulbs - as fast as I| removed them more appeared. I decided it was a zealous mmouse or squirrel lifting them from somewhere and storing them for the winter....
I bought an AdeC in flower yesterday - first time of trying these. It will go in a pot as I don't have ground soil in my little yard.
on the other hand the comment "Anemone de Caen are super easy to plant." Is totally meaningless - you could 'plant' anything you liked - doesn't mean you can get it to grow! Now what did I do with all those £20 notes????
My Anemone de Caen have been with me for a few years and always seem to do well. They've been flowering all winter, and are now pretty much flowered out. I want to move them to another part of the garden, and my question is ...when's the best time? Can I do it now or should I leave them until the foliage disappears? I live in South Norfolk.
Hi Veronica, with the vast majority of bulbs and corms, it's best to wait until the foliage has died back - once it goes yellow, it is no longer feeding the bulb. Having said that, if you can remove a whole clump, soil and all, they usually do just fine even when they have leaves, as long as you water them well in their new home.
Thanks Bob, that's helpful.
I live in the Scottish Borders very close to the North Sea. We had no frost at all last year and last year's annuals in pots are still with me. I bought the Gardeners World special free bulb offer and it has just arrived. I came to look on here for when to plant my Anemone de Caen corms, but I am not sure I have an answer. It will be a sheltered site which gets a lot of sun, I plan to put my dutch iris and Muscari armiacum in there too, and put the chionodoxa in a border for company where I found one feeble example cowering last year. So big question.. CAN I PLANT THEM ALL NOW? or is there special times for each?
I soaked my anemones before planting - I think that's the usual advice from bulb companies anyway. All the bulbs mentioned can be put in now.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Thank you so much for getting back to me quickly. I am not good at waiting for things so didn't like the idea of leaving the anemones til next year. I have got a new greenhouse this year, the old plastic holey one was not frostproof but this one should be. Once I have soaked my corms and potted them up I will put the pots in there and await results with anticipation.
I have received 300 bulbs in the post only the other day. Tete A Tete, Allium Moly, Dwarf Irises, Tulips, Anemone De Caen to name a few.\
In the instructions it said I should plant all bulbs as soon as possible after receiving and that the Anemone De Caen should be soaked for just a few hours plus planted in full sun. It then went on to say that 'Anemones have a remarkable knack for knowing which way is up, so just plant and let them get on with it'. This is exactly what I shall do.
I have one motto for the plants in my garden....'You grow or you go'. Life is too short when there are hundreds of other plants out there equally pretty.