Actually, if they are freshly dug up bulbs then current thinking is that this is the best time to move and replant. Don't leave it too long though, as Nut says, they really resent being dried out.
It is the drying out that does for them. I've also read that summer is good. Maybe it doesn't matter when as long as you just get on with it and don't leave them stranded.
My sister gave me a few little pots when I moved in here two years ago,. She'd dug them up from her MIL's garden and they'd been languishing for months with no attention. I stuck them in a border and they flowered beautifully last year and the shoots are all poking through again now. They're pretty resilient, but it doesn't do them any favours to be dry.
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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If they've dried out it may be too late but worth a try.
Plant now. Or maybe when it gets light tomorrow.
Snowdrops don't like to dry out, they're best bought and planted with the leaves on after flowering. Look for 'snowdrops in the green'
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thank you. Just checked and a few of them are sprouting. Do you think they'd be ok in a pot?
If that's most convenient for now. I think I'd have them in the ground for the long term though
In the sticks near Peterborough
Thanks again, will have a rethink!
Actually, if they are freshly dug up bulbs then current thinking is that this is the best time to move and replant. Don't leave it too long though, as Nut says, they really resent being dried out.
It is the drying out that does for them. I've also read that summer is good. Maybe it doesn't matter when as long as you just get on with it and don't leave them stranded.
In the sticks near Peterborough
My sister gave me a few little pots when I moved in here two years ago,. She'd dug them up from her MIL's garden and they'd been languishing for months with no attention. I stuck them in a border and they flowered beautifully last year and the shoots are all poking through again now. They're pretty resilient, but it doesn't do them any favours to be dry.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...