Flora Rose I'm really pleased with how well they are going, I'm sure I have seen the the little spouty bits grow bigger. We have had some super weather this week and I'm sure that has helped, thats what I'm telling myself anyway.
Thanks so much for the advice everyone; 38 pots and a lot of compost later most things are tucked up safely in the greenhouse lapping up the warmth, its was a stunning 17 C here today.
Blue Onion, I decided to do an experiment as you suggested and planted out 6 aquilegia that I wanted butted up tight to a silver birch and the 2 geranium himalayense. They all have new growth on them so fingers crossed
Hi Flora rosa, mine have new shoots; but the only ones that have started sprouting leaves,are the agapanthus, echinops ritro, echinacea 'white swan' and a couple of the 'magnus'. The aquilegias which went straight into the border, and they have leaves, but I would expect being a spring plant.
I would upload some piccies, but the site wouldn't allow me
Oh these look great, so exciting seeing that bit of greenery ! Uuumm, well not a stich of greenery on mine, may need to chalk it up to being .... Rubbish gardener ! I'll persevere until May . I got red hot poker, alliums, rudbekkia agapanthus and aquilegia. I cleared a side bed and wanted cascading rows of flowering plants, from 100cm through to 40cm at the front
These plants are a bit hit and miss since they cannot be checked after packing. Theoretically they are snug as a bug but it depends on healthy roots and at least one bud from which to grow.
I purposefully bought 15 Echinecea in January knowing there would be an element of fail. So far, mine have a survival rate of about 11, so I've lost a third so far and that's wrapping them in cotton wool
Planting out will probably incur more loss but no gardener can force a bunch of roots to grow if there's no bud or eye on them
Your are bound to be slower, as mine are inside. I think I have may have lost 2 of the 27 echinacea, but giving those a tad longer just in case. Although when I dug them up to bring inside, I missed one and it doesn't any greenery but it does have a tiny new dark pink nodule on it. So looking good.
Perhaps it may be worth starting off some hardy annuals indoors now, which you will be to pot on and then plant out in late May, after hardening them off. So if all else fail, you will still have some lovely colour come July and August.
I think I'm nurturing twigs lol Re: the bare rooted plants bought from a certain superstore (b n q) ..... My grandmas bonnets seem to have some nice acceptable growth and if we look very very closely my rudbekkia has some green peeking out ! Otherwise, only my knophia has a very tiny delicate shoot !!!
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Thanks so much for the advice everyone; 38 pots and a lot of compost later most things are tucked up safely in the greenhouse lapping up the warmth, its was a stunning 17 C here today.
Blue Onion, I decided to do an experiment as you suggested and planted out 6 aquilegia that I wanted butted up tight to a silver birch and the 2 geranium himalayense. They all have new growth on them so fingers crossed
Put them in pots for a while so that you can keep an eye on them. You are also less likely to lose the juicy young shoots to slugs etc
Caral,hi, I'm just wondering how yr bare root plants are coming on . ?? I may be being impatient but no greenery on mine yet
Hi Flora rosa, mine have new shoots; but the only ones that have started sprouting leaves,are the agapanthus, echinops ritro, echinacea 'white swan' and a couple of the 'magnus'. The aquilegias which went straight into the border, and they have leaves, but I would expect being a spring plant.
I would upload some piccies, but the site wouldn't allow me
Which plants did you buy?
It allowed me to upload this piccy of the agapanthus.
Ooooh! That's two now! The rad upload progress handler is losing.
Oh these look great, so exciting seeing that bit of greenery ! Uuumm, well not a stich of greenery on mine, may need to chalk it up to being .... Rubbish gardener ! I'll persevere until May
. I got red hot poker, alliums, rudbekkia agapanthus and aquilegia. I cleared a side bed and wanted cascading rows of flowering plants, from 100cm through to 40cm at the front
These plants are a bit hit and miss since they cannot be checked after packing. Theoretically they are snug as a bug but it depends on healthy roots and at least one bud from which to grow.
I purposefully bought 15 Echinecea in January knowing there would be an element of fail. So far, mine have a survival rate of about 11, so I've lost a third so far and that's wrapping them in cotton wool
Planting out will probably incur more loss but no gardener can force a bunch of roots to grow if there's no bud or eye on them
Good luck
Your are bound to be slower, as mine are inside. I think I have may have lost 2 of the 27 echinacea, but giving those a tad longer just in case. Although when I dug them up to bring inside, I missed one and it doesn't any greenery but it does have a tiny new dark pink nodule on it. So looking good.
Perhaps it may be worth starting off some hardy annuals indoors now, which you will be to pot on and then plant out in late May, after hardening them off. So if all else fail, you will still have some lovely colour come July and August.
I think I'm nurturing twigs lol
Re: the bare rooted plants bought from a certain superstore (b n q) ..... My grandmas bonnets seem to have some nice acceptable growth and if we look very very closely my rudbekkia has some green peeking out ! Otherwise, only my knophia has a very tiny delicate shoot !!!
I bet yours are romping away now Caral.