Newly planted bulbs can take longer to make an appearance in their first year.
They may also have been eaten by rodents or have been a bit dry when planted and that can be bad news for snowdrops. Always best to soak small bulbs for an hour or so in cold water so they can plump up before being planted.
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Yes Mice and Squirrels get all my Crocuses . the snowdrops seem to be untouched though.They used not to touch them once they were in bud but this year they have massacred nearly all I planted regardless. I try to protect them by covering the pots with wire mesh which does work until you need to take it off to see the flowers ! ! Daffodils are the answer no one has dug them up so far !
I'd recommend buying snowdrops in the green, which are available to order now. I find them much more successful. After yielding zero success with bulbs, I tried this and they are now naturalising well. I've never had a problem with crocus so can't really give any tips on those.
I agree with Shadylady re planting snowdrops after flowering but before they've died back. Even so, they're quite fussy about where they grow; I planted 500 on a large area of shady bank, 7 years ago; they've disappeared from about two thirds of the area, but increased in the very steep, shadiest bit under shrubs and a wild rose.
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Newly planted bulbs can take longer to make an appearance in their first year.
They may also have been eaten by rodents or have been a bit dry when planted and that can be bad news for snowdrops. Always best to soak small bulbs for an hour or so in cold water so they can plump up before being planted.
Squirrels enjoy my crocus bulbs
Ditto, Topbird.
Mice eat ours! Not the snowdrops though, they are actually poisonous to rodents.
Yes Mice and Squirrels get all my Crocuses . the snowdrops seem to be untouched though.They used not to touch them once they were in bud but this year they have massacred nearly all I planted regardless. I try to protect them by covering the pots with wire mesh which does work until you need to take it off to see the flowers ! ! Daffodils are the answer no one has dug them up so far !
I'd recommend buying snowdrops in the green, which are available to order now. I find them much more successful. After yielding zero success with bulbs, I tried this and they are now naturalising well. I've never had a problem with crocus so can't really give any tips on those.
I agree with Shadylady re planting snowdrops after flowering but before they've died back. Even so, they're quite fussy about where they grow; I planted 500 on a large area of shady bank, 7 years ago; they've disappeared from about two thirds of the area, but increased in the very steep, shadiest bit under shrubs and a wild rose.