They do well in planters. This taken in early March this year:
How many will come up again next year is a good question though!
I think I'll order another mixture and plant them anyway - can't have too many but if only a few of the ones I planted last autumn reappear it'll be a disappointment and also be too late to do anything about it.
A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
Many thanks indeed everyone for your very kind responses and invaluable advice. I'll have to decide on container planting or in the ground. Perhaps both? I'm hoping the presence of two dogs might put off voles and squirrels but that might be a little optimistic when the squirrels run along my fence regardless. I didn't realise crocuses were quite so palatable
We just threw them in drifts for the natural look and then using a cordless drill and a 25mm wood auger bit drilled a hole where they landed. As Mike said double their depth to size of bulb.
The holes were top dressed with a mixture of compost and sharp sand which was brushed in. A scattering of grass seed afterwards to cover.
It's not as time consuming as it sounds and the crocuses have come up year after year without fail.
We did get some funny looks from the neighbours though when doing the drilling!
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They do well in planters. This taken in early March this year:
How many will come up again next year is a good question though!
I think I'll order another mixture and plant them anyway - can't have too many but if only a few of the ones I planted last autumn reappear it'll be a disappointment and also be too late to do anything about it.
Do crocuses not come up every year, like daffs and snowdrops, or are they like tulips and possibly only have a short life? I'd not thought about that
They come up every year like daffs, if they dont get eaten. I have some that have been here for years, they multiply.
Many thanks indeed everyone for your very kind responses and invaluable advice. I'll have to decide on container planting or in the ground. Perhaps both? I'm hoping the presence of two dogs might put off voles and squirrels but that might be a little optimistic when the squirrels run along my fence regardless. I didn't realise crocuses were quite so palatable
Many of them aren't as reliable as one would wish.
You can grow them through chicken wire, small holed so that mice or squirrels can't get at them
We planted ours by drilling the lawn!
We just threw them in drifts for the natural look and then using a cordless drill and a 25mm wood auger bit drilled a hole where they landed. As Mike said double their depth to size of bulb.
The holes were top dressed with a mixture of compost and sharp sand which was brushed in. A scattering of grass seed afterwards to cover.
It's not as time consuming as it sounds and the crocuses have come up year after year without fail.
We did get some funny looks from the neighbours though when doing the drilling!
Drilled the lawn???!!! That's hilarious! How on earth did you come up with that one?!
Sounds a good plan KS. I didn't use a drill but the crocuses planted in narrow holes in the lawn are the ones that are still there
In the sticks near Peterborough
I planted some last year so will be waiting to see if they are still there.
I dug up some daffs at the weekend whilst planting trees. Surprised me that they have shoots. Do they normally at this time of year, do you know?