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Great Christmas plant ideas that don't quite work out
pottering girl
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I bought 2 bulbs a few weeks ago, same packaging, same size bulbs. I have put them in identical pots, watered them simultaneously, they've had the same amount of sunlight. The idea was to place them in perfect symmetrical order either side of a cabinet. However, one is 12 inches tall and the other one is a huge 4 feet tall with the largest flowers I have ever seen. I think the large one must be a cuckoo trying to fool everyone into thinking it is a normal plant.
Most bizarre but very beautiful…..
Merry Christmas everyone.
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I often wonder how many bulbs Sarah Raven must plant and keep 'out the back' in order to have the perfectly matched displays in her catalogue and on the website
Merry Christmas Pottering girl
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Just take your shears to the tall one. Cut it back so they're the same height. Job's a good'un.
I'll see you those and raise you my two bulbs. One is two feet tall with four flower spikes and five flowers in each, the other is five inches tall with one flower...
OK you win, I have one stem with 4 flowers on each. 4 flower spikes and 5 flowers on each sounds fantastic.
I've spent a lot of effort keeping the mega flowered one upright. It has fallen over several times despite being in a heavy pot!!