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crocuses
I have finally accepted that none of my crocuses have survived. I had them in the most well drained part of the front lawn near the gate. Had them since 2007 and they gave a brave show each spring [ though yellow ones did slowly disappear] but this year the very wet winter saw that part of the lawn get waterlogged and nothing has come up. Feel too fed up to bother replacing them, especially if the climate has changed to regularly very wet winters.
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I planted 400 in a well drained lawn, in sun, some years ago. They have disappeared over the years, one came up this year. I thought it was because they dried out too much in summer, can't have been waterlogging.
Mice eat ours. There are holes everywhere in the ground.
Crocus corms are a favourite food for squirrels.!
They cope with a fair amount of wet ground, so I'd be inclined to agree that it's animal rather than ground conditions. Mine have netting above them so they're fine, but the squirrels are taking quite a lot of the little alliums just now - similar size and depth of planting of course.
The ruddy sparrows have been taking the flowers off my cream ones...little b*****s
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have red squirrels. They are quite shy, but I wonder if they took them.
No sign of any holes or digging in the grass. I have not seen any squirrels in the garden, too many cats around here for them to risk going on the ground, plus they need to cross a road to get from the woods. I suppose not seeing any mice means nothing, but I would have thought they would have left evidence. I always left the foliage to die down completely before cutting, usually two months after flowering.