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Snowdrops
I'm just reading my gardeners world (Feb) that arrived this morning and am reading the piece by James Alexander-Sinclair. He talks about everybody knowing that snowdrops, all varieties, have to be planted in the green........ New gardener alert - I don't know what he means, does he mean in the lawn or other grassy area??? Thankyou x
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Snowdrops don't like being dried off, they're sold after flowering with the leaves on. It's the best time to split and replant if you've already got some.
In the sticks near Peterborough
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Sorry -it means when planting you plant them as bulbs with leaves attached after they have flowered -you will see them as advertised as "in the green" from February onwards
They do better than dried bulbs panted in September
But the best way to move them is to plant newly dug DORMANT bulbs. They are much harder to get though, so in the green is the next best thing.
Lucy we all started somewhere and have made many mistakes
If you can see the shoots-then yes they will be ok
There is an offer in the GW for snowdrops in the green - page 41
If you order them they will come with leaves on . Plant them as they are - do not remove the leaves - and plant them to the soil depth you will see on the foliage.
I always divide snowdrops just as the flowers have gon and the leaves are still green. Keep them well watered until they settle in - SUCCESS.
There is an offer at the back of the book 9.50 per 100. And the doubles 15.50 per 100 + 3.50 post.
Try shopping around.
I watched the nations favourite flowers some time ago where the expert says don't dig them up in the green but wait until they die off.always conflicting advice!
Yes don't buy from GW - our local greengrocer does a huge bunch for £1.00 ( however can't vouch for quality cos I've not bought them from him
) so do shop around!
I bought some a few years back from the chucky-out bin at the garden centre. They were sold in small pots, about 5 bulbs to a pot, and sold off once the flowers had finished for 10p a pot. I had 5 pots and spaced them out in a shady flower bed - they soon multiply if they like your garden, and then you can split them every two or three years until you have them everywhere that you want them.
My main problem is digging them up inadvertently when gardening later in the year. I keep them (and all the other bulbs that get dug up) in the shed until November/December when I sort them by shape and pot them up in my unheated greenhouse. As soon as they come in to flower I place them where the gaps are in the garden, either transplanting there and then or sinking the pot into the ground.