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Sternbergia Autumn. daffodils
Jess is in the Garden
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Hello all 
Wondering what I'm doing or have done wrong....
Planted a terracotta pot of these many weeks ago, they've been on a warm, protected and sunny windowsill ever since. All the leaves are out, looking good, but not a flower bud in sight....
They get a little rainwater, but not much and I don't water them additionally.
Drainage is good. Compost not too rich.
Where are the flowers!?! 
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Patience Jess, patience........
Look for the one called angustifolia. Some friends have this and it flowers more freely than mine. I had one flower this year but I have let it get overgrown
http://rareplants.co.uk/page.asp?id=SternMain
In the sticks near Peterborough
Had this for nearly 20 years now and never seen a flower on it/ Friends have a clump in their garden which flowers once in a blue moon. Not the easiest of bulbs to get to flower.
Thanks everyone - at least I know I'm not doing anything wrong! Mine have a lovely mass of fresh, green leaves and not a flower in sight
I've got great leaves Jess, some are growing on the compost heap
In the sticks near Peterborough